Protocol development for purification and characterization of sub-fossil insect chitin for stable isotopic analysis and radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon

Volumn 43, Issue 2 PART I, 2001, Pages 199-208

  Hodgins, G W L ^a,b   Thorpe, J L ^a   Coope, G R ^c   Hedges, R E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON 14; CHITIN; GLUCOSAMINE; PROTEINASE K;

FOSSIL; INSECT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; HYDROLYSIS; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035572534     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200038017     Document Type: Article

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