Biogeochemical record of ancient humans

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 275-287

  Fogel, Marilyn L ^a   Tuross, Noreen ^b   Johnson, Beverly J ^a,c   Miller, Gifford H ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient humans; Biogeochemical record; Isotopic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN;

EID: 0031573116     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(97)00060-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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