Element geochemical characteristics of the Cretaceous dinosaur eggshell fossils and their implications for palaeoenvironment

Weidong Yang; Mingqing Wu; Nansheng Chen; Junya Nan; Hongjun Tian; Aro Arakel

Element geochemical characteristics of the Cretaceous dinosaur eggshell fossils and their implications for palaeoenvironment

Weidong Yang^*, Mingqing Wu, Nansheng Chen, Junya Nan, Hongjun Tian, Aro Arakel

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Dinosaur eggshells from the Cretaceous red beds of southern China were selected for element geochemical study. The concentrations of the major elements indicates that the eggshells did not change much in their chemical composition after they were formed. Variations in the contents of trace elements and REEs imply that a palaeoclimatic anomaly might occur during Late Cretaceous.

Original language	English
Journal	Chinese Journal of Geochemistry
Volume	15
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1996

Keywords

Dinosaur eggshell
Elemental geochemistry
Palaeoclimatic anomaly

Cite this

@article{40c20d362c3a41ed814f06fef4bf2105,

title = "Element geochemical characteristics of the Cretaceous dinosaur eggshell fossils and their implications for palaeoenvironment",

abstract = "Dinosaur eggshells from the Cretaceous red beds of southern China were selected for element geochemical study. The concentrations of the major elements indicates that the eggshells did not change much in their chemical composition after they were formed. Variations in the contents of trace elements and REEs imply that a palaeoclimatic anomaly might occur during Late Cretaceous.",

keywords = "Dinosaur eggshell, Elemental geochemistry, Palaeoclimatic anomaly",

author = "Weidong Yang and Mingqing Wu and Nansheng Chen and Junya Nan and Hongjun Tian and Aro Arakel",

year = "1996",

language = "English",

volume = "15",

journal = "Chinese Journal of Geochemistry",

issn = "1000-9426",

publisher = "Science Press",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Element geochemical characteristics of the Cretaceous dinosaur eggshell fossils and their implications for palaeoenvironment

AU - Yang, Weidong

AU - Wu, Mingqing

AU - Chen, Nansheng

AU - Nan, Junya

AU - Tian, Hongjun

AU - Arakel, Aro

PY - 1996

Y1 - 1996

N2 - Dinosaur eggshells from the Cretaceous red beds of southern China were selected for element geochemical study. The concentrations of the major elements indicates that the eggshells did not change much in their chemical composition after they were formed. Variations in the contents of trace elements and REEs imply that a palaeoclimatic anomaly might occur during Late Cretaceous.

AB - Dinosaur eggshells from the Cretaceous red beds of southern China were selected for element geochemical study. The concentrations of the major elements indicates that the eggshells did not change much in their chemical composition after they were formed. Variations in the contents of trace elements and REEs imply that a palaeoclimatic anomaly might occur during Late Cretaceous.

KW - Dinosaur eggshell

KW - Elemental geochemistry

KW - Palaeoclimatic anomaly

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030452683&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0030452683

SN - 1000-9426

VL - 15

JO - Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

JF - Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

IS - 2

ER -

Element geochemical characteristics of the Cretaceous dinosaur eggshell fossils and their implications for palaeoenvironment

Abstract

Keywords

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this