Mineralogical and compositional changes in bones exposed on soil surfaces in Amboseli National Park, Kenya: diagenetic mechanisms and the role of sediment pore fluids

Journal of Archaeological Science - Tập 31 Số 6 - Trang 721-739 - 2004
Clive N. Trueman1, Anna K. Behrensmeyer2, Noreen Tuross3, Steve Weiner4
1School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK
2Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box, 37012, Washington, #R##N#DC 20013–7012, USA
3Laboratories of Analytical Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
4Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

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