The expansion of C4 grasses and global change in the late Miocene: Stable isotope evidence from the Americas

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 83-96

  Latorre, Claudio ^a   Quade, Jay ^a   McIntosh, William C ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C 13 C 12; Miocene; Paleoclimatology; Paleosols; Teeth; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002200077     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00231-2     Document Type: Article

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