Chitin: Formation and Diagenesis

By Neal S. Gupta

Book Overview

1. Chitin nanostructures in living organisms Riccardo A.A. Muzzarelli 2. Chitin in the exoskeletons of Arthropoda: From ancient design to novel materials science H. Fabritius, C. Sachs, D. Raabe, S. Nikolov, M. Fri?k, and J. Neugebauer 3. Radiocarbon Dating of Chitin Jennifer A. Tripp, and Thomas F. G. Higham 4. Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen stable isotope ratios in chitin Arndt Schimmelmann 5. Hydrogen Isotopes in Beetle Chitin Darren R. Grocke, Maarten van Hardenbroek, Peter Sauer, and Scott Elias 6. Identification and characterization of chitin in organisms Neal S.Gupta and George D. Cody 7. Fate of chitinous organisms in the geosphere Neal S. Gupta and Roger E. Summons 8. Transformation of chitinous tissues in elevated Presssure-Temperature conditions: additional insights from experiments on plant tissues. Neal S. Gupta

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048196833
• ISBN13: 9789048196838
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"