Towards an understanding of the interaction of hair with the depositional environment

Chungara

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Wilson, Andrew S ^a   Dixon, Ronald A ^a   Edwards, Howell G M ^a   Farwell, Dennis W ^a   Janaway, Robert C ^a   Mark Pollard, A ^a   Tobin, Desmond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contamination; Degradation; FT Raman Spectroscopy; Microbial attack; Scalp hair; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549114729     PISSN: 07161182     EISSN: 07177356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-73562001000200016     Document Type: Article

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