Spatial variability in sulphur isotope values of archaeological and modern cod (Gadus morhua)

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 2255-2262

  Nehlich, Olaf ^a,b   Barrett, James H ^c   Richards, Michael P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLLAGEN; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SULFUR; WATER;

BASELINE VALUES; BONE COLLAGEN; GADUS MORHUA; HUMAN DIET; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE VALUES; LARGE-SCALES; OFFSHORES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

FISH;

COLLAGEN; SULFUR;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BONE; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCANDINAVIA; SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; COLLAGEN; GADUS MORHUA; GREAT BRITAIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SCANDINAVIA; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

EID: 84883752226     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6682     Document Type: Article

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