The amino acid and stable isotope biogeochemistry of elephant bird (Aepyornis) eggshells from southern Madagascar

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2343-2356

  Clarke, Simon J ^a   Miller, Gifford H ^b   Fogel, Marilyn L ^c   Chivas, Allan R ^a   Murray Wallace, Colin V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; VEGETATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EGGSHELLS; ISOLEUCINE EPIMERISATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIRD; EGG; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 33746881386     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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