Aspartic acid racemization as a dating tool for dentine: A reality

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-56

  Torres, Trinidad ^a   Ortiz, José E ^a   Fernández, Eva ^b,c   Arroyo Pardo, Eduardo ^b   Grün, Rainer ^d   Pérez González, Alfredo ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspartic acid; Dating; Dentine collagen; Forensic; Pleistocene; Racemization

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; COLLAGEN; DATING METHOD; FORENSIC SCIENCE; NEANDERTHAL; NEOLITHIC; OSTRACOD; PLEISTOCENE; RACEMIZATION; TOOTH;

EQUIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; OSTRACODA; URSUS SPELAEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84896032701     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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