Strontium isotopic signatures in the enameloid and dentine of upper Cretaceous shark teeth from western Alabama: Paleoecologic and geochronologic implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 188-194

  Becker, Martin A ^a   Seidemann, David E ^b,c   Chamberlain Jr , John A ^b,d   Buhl, Dieter ^e   Slattery, William ^f  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age dating; Enameloid; Sharks; Strontium isotopes; Taphonomy; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DATING METHOD; DENTITION; ENAMEL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; SHARK; STRONTIUM; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SCAPANORHYNCHUS;

EID: 45049088462     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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