Temperature sensitivity of aspartic and glutamic acid racemization in the foraminifera Pulleniatina

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-207

  Kaufman, Darrell S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid racemization; Foraminifera; Kinetics; Marine sediment cores; Quaternary geochronology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP SEA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAMINIFERA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RACEMIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

FORAMINIFERA; PULLENIATINA;

EID: 34548043955     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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