Testing the aminostratigraphy of fluvial archives: the evidence from intra-crystalline proteins within freshwater shells

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 22-24, 2007, Pages 2958-2969

  Penkman, K E H ^a   Preece, R C ^b   Keen, D H ^c   Maddy, D ^d   Schreve, D C ^e   Collins, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE; RIVERS; WATER;

AMINOSTRATIGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; FLUVIAL ARCHIVES; FRESHWATER;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID; BIVALVE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GASTROPOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTEIN; RACEMIZATION; SHELL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BITHYNIA; BITHYNIA TENTACULATA; BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; GASTROPODA; VALVATA PISCINALIS;

EID: 36549083393     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.034     Document Type: Article

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