Oxygen isotope composition of human tooth enamel from medieval Greenland: Linking climate and society: Comment and Reply

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 477-478

  Daniel Bryant, J ^a   Froelich, Philip N ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEDIEVAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 0013306979     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0477:OICOHT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Letter

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