New single amino acid hydroxyproline radiocarbon dates for two problematic American Mastodon fossils from Alaska

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-28

  Nalawade Chavan, Shweta ^a   Zazula, Grant ^b   Brock, Fiona ^a   Southon, John ^c   MacPhee, Ross ^d   Druckenmiller, Patrick ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Government of Yukon   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

American mastodon; Amino acids; Bone collagen; HPLC; Hydroxyproline; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BONE; CHRONOLOGY; COLLAGEN; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMUT AMERICANUM;

EID: 84887640087     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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