Thermally Induced Changes in the Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Ratios of Charred Bones

The Analysis of Burned Human Remains

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 95-108

  Schurr, Mark R ^a   Hayes, Robert G ^a   Cook, Della C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012372510-3.50007-1     Document Type: Chapter

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