Biologic and climatic signals in the oxygen isotopic composition of Eocene-Oligocene equid enamel phosphate

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 75-89

  Bryant, J Daniel ^a   Froelich, Philip N ^b   Showers, William J ^c   Genna, Bernard J ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

apatite; Equidae; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; EOCENE; EQUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

USA, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0030274248     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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