Amino acid racemization dating

Encyclopedia of Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 429-433

  Grün, Rainer ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid racemization dating; Australian megafauna; Bone dating; Dromaius; Genyornis; Mollusc shell dating; Ratite egg shell dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882457564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373962-9.00006-6     Document Type: Chapter

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