High-resolution records of location and stratigraphic provenance from the rare earth element composition of fossil bones

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4343-4355

  Trueman, C N ^a   Behrensmeyer, A K ^b   Potts, R ^b   Tuross, N ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOSSIL; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748081958     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.1556     Document Type: Article

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