The precision of porosity measurements: Effects of sample pre-treatment on porosity measurements of modern and archaeological bone

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 175-182

  Smith, Colin I ^a   Faraldos, Marisol ^b   Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone diagenesis; Bone porosity; Mercury porosimetry; Nitrogen porosimetry

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGENESIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POROSITY; PRECISION; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

EID: 49349086578     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.028     Document Type: Article

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