Isotopic biogeochemistry (13C, 18O) of mammalian enamel from african pleistocene hominid sites

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 306-318

  Bocherens, Hervé ^a   Koch, Paul L ^b   Mariotti, André ^a   Geraads, Denis ^a,c   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

CARBON; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; OXYGEN; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH;

ALGERIA, TIGHENIF; DJIBOUTI, ANABO KOMA; ETHIOPIA, MELKA-KUNTURE;

EID: 0030427888     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515241     Document Type: Article

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