Approximately 20 % of very metal-poor stars ( [ Fe/H ] < –2.0 ) are strongly enhanced in carbon ( [ C/Fe ] > +1.0 ) .
Such stars are referred to as carbon-enhanced metal-poor ( CEMP ) stars .
We present a chemical abundance analysis based on high resolution spectra acquired with UVES at the VLT of three dwarf CEMP stars : SDSS J1349-0229 , SDSS J0912+0216 and SDSS J1036+1212 .
These very metal-poor stars , with [ Fe/H ] < -2.5 , were selected from our ongoing survey of extremely metal-poor dwarf candidates from the SDSS .

Among these CEMPs , SDSS J1349-0229 has been identified as a carbon star ( [ C/O ] > +1.0 ) .
First and second peak s -process elements , as well as second peak r -process elements have been detected in all stars .
In addition , elements from the third r -process peak were detected in one of the stars , SDSS J1036+1212 .
We present the abundance results of these stars in the context of neutron-capture nucleosynthesis theories .