Authigenic minerals in fossil bones from the Mesozoic of England: Poor correlation with depositional environments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 15-32

  Wings, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authigenic minerals; Bones; Cementation; Diagenesis; Dinosaurs; England; Mesozoic

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BONE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DINOSAUR; MESOZOIC;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLETOCAMPTUS; DINOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242277851     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00709-0     Document Type: Article

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