Fossil isotope records of seasonal climate and ecology: Straight from the horse's mouth

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-222

  Sharp, Z D ^a,c   Cerling, T E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE RECORD; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; METEORIC WATERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBMILLIMETERS;

ISOTOPES;

ENAMEL; FEEDING; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METEORIC WATER; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; HORSE TOOTH; PALAEOCLIMATE;

AGASSIZ; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH DAKOTA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031844063     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0219:FIROSC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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