A mineralogical method to determine cyclicity in the taphonomic and diagenetic history of fossilized bones

Lethaia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-284

  Clarke, Jane B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Sedimentology; Taphonomy; Vertebrate Paleontology

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BONE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; FOSSILIZATION; TAPHONOMY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF WIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5144231429     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160410006564     Document Type: Article

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