Restrictions on fluorine depth profiling for exposure age dating in archaeological bones

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 535-552

  Gaschen, A A M ^a   Dobeli M ^b   Markwitz, A ^c   Barry, B ^c   Ulrich Bochsler, S ^a   Krahenbuhl U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age dating; Bone; Diagenesis; Diffusion; Fluorine; FT IR; PIGE PIXE

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATING METHOD; DIAGENESIS; DIFFUSION; FLUORAPATITE; FLUORINE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MODELING; TOOTH;

EID: 38549144243     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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