Using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to explore geochemical taphonomy of vertebrate fossils in the upper cretaceous two medicine and Judith River formations of Montana

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-195

  Rogers, Raymond R ^a   Fricke, Henry C ^b   Addona, Vittorio ^a   Canavan, Robin R ^a   Dwyer, Christopher N ^a   Harwood, Cara L ^a   Koenig, Alan E ^c   Murray, Rachel ^a   Thole, Jeffrey T ^a   Williams, Josephine ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BONE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LITHOLOGY; MICROFOSSIL; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TAPHONOMY;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77649090019     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-084r     Document Type: Article

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