This paper is focused on methodology and scientific interpretations by use of isotopes in
heritage science—what can be done today, and what may be accomplished in the near …

Fossil bones and teeth are potentially important repository for geochemical proxy data and a
target for radiometric dating. The concentration of many trace elements in bones and teeth …

Rare earth element (REE) patterns of fossil bones and teeth are widely used as proxies for
provenance, taphonomy, and palaeoenvironment. In order to investigate if fossil bones …

Since the mid 1990s, the Mission paléoanthropologique francotchadienne (MPFT) conducts
yearly paleontological field investigations of the Miocene-Pliocene of the Chad Basin. This …

Emerging evidence suggests that U-Pb and Lu-Hf ages of sedimentary apatite group
minerals are often younger than their biostratigraphic ages. However, U-Pb dating of …

Reliable methods for direct dating of biogenic apatite from pre-Pleistocene fossils are
currently not available, and recent attempts using the Lu–Hf decay system yielded highly …

After carrying out exposures, thermal annealing and chemical etching experiments with solid
state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs) followed by analysis of experimental results for …

Acquisition of thermochronologic data in carbonates and shales has traditionally been
elusive owing to the paucity of dateable minerals in these lithologies. Conodont apatite (U …

Nowadays, a wide range of chemical and physico-chemical techniques provide varied
information on the art and archaeological objects. In parallel, a wide range of dating …

The neutron autoradiography technique using polycarbonate nuclear track detectors (NTD)
has been extended to quantify the boron concentration in hard tissues, an application of …