A multi-technique approach by XRD, XRF, FT-IR to characterize the diagenesis of dinosaur bones from Spain

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 92-107

  Piga, Giampaolo ^a,c   Santos Cubedo, Andrés ^b   Brunetti, Antonio ^c   Piccinini, Massimo ^d   Malgosa, A ^a   Napolitano, Emilio ^c   Enzo, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d Porto Conte Ricerche Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagenetic processes; Dinosaur bones; Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT IR); Raman spectroscopy; X ray diffraction; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

BONE; CELESTINE; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGENESIS; DINOSAUR; FLUORAPATITE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GOETHITE; INFILTRATION; JURASSIC; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

SPAIN;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 80052723772     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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