Quantifying inter-laboratory variability in stable isotope analysis of ancient skeletal remains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Pestle, William J ^a   Crowley, Brooke E ^b   Weirauch, Matthew T ^c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON 14; CARBONIC ACID; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYAPATITE; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN 18; STABLE ISOTOPE; CARBON; OXYGEN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANCIENT HUMAN BONE; ANTIQUITY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA CALIBRATION; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTER LABORATORY VARIABILITY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; MINIMUM MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE; OXIDATION; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; SAMPLE; SKELETON; STANDARD; WORKING STANDARD; BONE; CHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 84904878052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102844     Document Type: Article

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