Chemistry of bone mineral, based on the hypermineralized rostrum of the beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris

American Mineralogist

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 645-653

  Li, Zhen ^a   Pasteris, Jill D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apatite; Bone; Electron microprobe; Whale rostrum; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BONE; CALCIUM ALLOYS; COLLAGEN; CRYSTALLITES; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROXYAPATITE; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SODIUM ALLOYS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAYS;

AVERAGE COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL RESIDUES; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; WHALE ROSTRUM; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS;

APATITE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BONE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; WHALE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CETACEA; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 84901379803     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2014.4571     Document Type: Article

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