In vitro decomposition of bone collagen by soil bacteria: The implications for stable isotope analysis in archaeometry

Archaeometry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 415-429

  Balzer, A ^a   Gleixner, G ^b   Grupe, G ^a   Schmidt, H L ^b   Schramm, S ^b   Turban Just, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Biogenic Decomposition; Bone collagen; Stable isotope analysis; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039768693     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1997.tb00817.x     Document Type: Article

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