Calibration of decomposition of serine to alanine in Bithynia opercula as a quantitative dating technique for Middle and Late Pleistocene sites in Britain

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-259

  Westaway, Rob ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alanine; Amino acid geochronology; Bithynia; Opercula; Pleistocene; Serine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATING METHOD; DECOMPOSITION; GASTROPOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PROTEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BITHYNIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 61849157385     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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