Stable carbon isotope measurements of the carboxyl carbons in bone collagen

Archaeometry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 151-164

  Keeling, C I ^a   Nelson, D E ^a   Slessor, K N ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone collagen; Carboxyl carbon; Diet; Ninhydrin; Stable isotope analysis; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074810     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1999.tb00857.x     Document Type: Article

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