Source-Area Determination of Elephant Ivory by Isotopic Analysis

van der Merwe, N. J., Lee-Thorp, J. A., Thackeray, J. F., Hall-Martin, A., Kruger, F. J., Coetzee, H., Bell, R. H. V., et al. (1990). Source-Area Determination of Elephant Ivory by Isotopic Analysis. Nature, 744-746.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1990

DOI

10.1038/346744a0

Link

https://doi.org/10.1038/346744a0

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Mechanisms

• Chemical & Isotopic Signature Test
  • The measured values are then placed against a reference map of known-origin samples — an isoscape

    This sourceUses isotope measurements from unknown ivory against a geographic reference constructed from known-provenance tusks.

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