Isolation of the intra-crystalline proteins and kinetic studies in Struthio camelus (ostrich) eggshell for amino acid geochronology

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-128

  Crisp, Molly ^a   Demarchi, Beatrice ^a   Collins, Matthew ^a   Morgan Williams, Michael ^a   Pilgrim, Emily ^a   Penkman, Kirsty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AAR; Bleaching; Intra crystalline diagenesis; Kinetics; OES

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIRD; DIAGENESIS; EGGSHELL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LEACHING; PROTEIN; RACEMIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

MOLLUSCA; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 84877109431     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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