Nature of laminations and mineralization in rhinoceros enamel using histology and X-ray synchrotron microtomography: Potential implications for palaeoenvironmental isotopic studies

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 246, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 206-227

  Tafforeau, Paul ^a,b,c   Bentaleb, Ilhem ^a   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Martin, Céline ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Crown formation time; Enamel dentin junction; Enamel incremental features; Enamel maturation; Laminations; Palaeoenvironment; X ray synchrotron microtomography

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; HISTOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALIZATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; UNGULATE;

MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 33947207920     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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