Comparison of liquid chromatography-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (LC/IRMS) and gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) for the determination of collagen amino acid δ13C values for palaeodietary and palaeoecological reconstruction

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2995-3011

  Dunn, Philip J H ^a   Honch, Noah V ^a   Evershed, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ASCORBIC ACID; BONE; COLLAGEN; COMBUSTION; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO-ACIDS; BONE COLLAGEN; C VALUES; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ESTER DERIVATIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY COMBUSTION-ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOPROPYL ESTERS; ISOTOPE-RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYL ESTERS; N ACETYLS;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 80053246777     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5174     Document Type: Article

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