Fractionation of rare earth elements within bone mineral: A natural cation exchange system

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 124-132

  Trueman, Clive N ^a   Kocsis, László ^a   Palmer, Martin R ^a,c   Dewdney, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bones; Diagenesis; Fossilisation; Fractionation; Rare earth elements; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; APATITE; BONE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; FOSSIL RECORD; FOSSILIZATION; FRACTIONATION; ION EXCHANGE; MINERAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POREWATER; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TAPHONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80052748825     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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