Elemental composition and diagenetic alteration of dinosaur bone: Distinguishing micron-scale spatial and compositional heterogeneity using PIXE

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 458-476

  Goodwin, Mark B ^a,b   Grant, Patrick G ^c   Bench, Graham ^c   Holroyd, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Dinosaur bone; Elemental composition; Mesozoic reptiles; PIXE; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DINOSAUR; DISSOLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; JURASSIC; REPTILE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRACE ELEMENT;

CAIMAN; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; REPTILIA; RHEA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE; TYRANNOSAURUS;

EID: 34548532112     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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