Chemical composition of modern and fossil hippopotamid teeth and implications for paleoenvironmental reconstructions and enamel formation – Part 2: Alkaline earth elements as tracers of watershed hydrochemistry and provenance
This study demonstrates that alkaline earth elements in enamel of hippopotamids, in particular Ba and Sr, are tracers for water provenance and hydrochemistry in terrestrial settings. The studied specimens are permanent premolar and molar teeth found in modern and fossil lacustrine sediments of the W...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/9/4803/2012/bg-9-4803-2012.pdf |