Preliminary results of bone diagenesis in Scandinavian bogs

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 151-159

  Turner Walker, Gordon ^a   Peacock, Elizabeth E ^b  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bog body; Bone; Demineralisation; Diagenesis; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

BOG; BONE; COLLAGEN; DIAGENESIS; MEDIEVAL; MODELING; NEOLITHIC; PIG; PRESERVATION; SKIN; WETLAND;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEJRE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; ROSKILDE; SCANDINAVIA;

BOVINAE; SPHAGNUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 49349107264     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.027     Document Type: Article

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