Heterogeneous rare earth element (REE) patterns and concentrations in a fossil bone: Implications for the use of REE in vertebrate taphonomy and fossilization history

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2970-2988

  Suarez, Celina A ^a   Macpherson, G L ^a   González, Luis A ^a   Grandstaff, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRETACEOUS; DISSOLUTION; FOSSILIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REDOX CONDITIONS; TAPHONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

CEDAR MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951294373     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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