Effect of paleosol formation on rare earth element signatures in fossil bone

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 497-500

  Metzger, Christine A ^a   Terry Jr , Dennis O ^a   Grandstaff, David E ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brule formation; Oligocene; Paleosols; Rare earth elements; Vertebrate taphonomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL BONES; PEDOGENIC DEVELOPMENT;

BONE; LAKES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOILS;

GEOLOGY;

BONE; FOSSIL; OLIGOCENE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142689751     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20376.1     Document Type: Article

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