A stable isotope study of fossil mammal remains from the Paglicci cave, Southern Italy. N and C as palaeoenvironmental indicators

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 349-357

  Iacumin, P ^a,b   Bocherens, H ^b   Huertas, A Delgado ^a,c   Mariotti, A ^b   Longinelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

C 13 C 12; N 15 N 14; Paleoenvironment; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; NITROGEN; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

ITALY;

EID: 0030854224     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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