Bone diagenesis: New data from infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 168-174

  Stathopoulou, Elizabeth T ^a   Psycharis, Vassilis ^b   Chryssikos, Georgios D ^c   Gionis, Vassilis ^c   Theodorou, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aghia Napa; Attenuated total reflectance; Biological apatites; Chalkoutsi; Fossil bones; Infrared spectroscopy; Near infrared spectroscopy; Pikermi; Rietveld method; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BONE; CARBONATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGENESIS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; ATTICA; CHALKOUTSI; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MIDDLE EAST; PIKERMI; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49549097593     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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