Amino acid racemization dating of fossil bones, I. inter-laboratory comparison of racemization measurements
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
By: J.L. Bada, E. Hoopes, D. Darling, G. Dungworth, H.J. Kessels, K. A. Kvenvolden, and D.J. Blunt
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Abstract
Enantiomeric measurements for aspartic acid, glutamic acid, and alanine in twenty-one different fossil bone samples have been carried out by three different laboratories using different analytical methods. These inter-laboratory comparisons demonstrate that D/L aspartic acid measurements are highly reproducible, whereas the enantiomeric measurements for the other amino acids show a wide variation between the three laboratories. At present, aspartic acid measurements are the most suitable for racemization dating of bone because of their superior analytical precision.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Amino acid racemization dating of fossil bones, I. inter-laboratory comparison of racemization measurements |
| Series title | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
| DOI | 10.1016/0012-821X(79)90210-3 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 265 |
| Last page | 268 |
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