Tooth enamel sampling strategies for stable isotope analysis: Potential problems in cross-method data comparisons

Chemical Geology

Volumn 404, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-135

  Reade, Hazel ^a,b   Stevens, Rhiannon E ^a,b   Barker, Graeme ^a   O'Connell, Tamsin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk; Enamel; Isotope; Seasonal; Serial

Indexed keywords

ENAMELING; ENAMELS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; SIGNAL SAMPLING;

BULK; COMPLETE ANNUAL CYCLES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SEASONAL; SERIAL; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84928138850     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.03.026     Document Type: Article

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