Beyond documenting diagenesis: The fifth international bone diagenesis workshop

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 129-133

  Lee Thorp, Julia ^a,b   Sealy, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 49349113914     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.025     Document Type: Editorial

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