Implications of diagenesis for the isotopic analysis of Upper Miocene large mammalian herbivore tooth enamel from Chad

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 200-210

  Jacques, Lucile ^a   Ogle, Neil ^b   Moussa, Issam ^c   Kalin, Robert ^b   Vignaud, Patrick ^a   Brunet, Michel ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Chemical composition; Diagenesis; Oxygen 18; TM266 hominid locality

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; FOSSILIZATION; HERBIVORE; HOMINID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TOOTH;

HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; SAHELANTHROPUS TCHADENSIS;

EID: 49449085798     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.040     Document Type: Article

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