Rare earth element geochemistry and taphonomy of terrestrial vertebrate assemblages

Palaios

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 555-568

  Trueman, Clive N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TAPHONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033497180     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515313     Document Type: Article

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