Variability in oxygen isotope compositions of herbivore teeth: reflections of seasonality or developmental physiology?

Chemical Geology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 97-112

  Kohn, Matthew J ^a   Schoeninger, Margaret J ^a   Valley, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivore teeth; Kenya; Oxygen isotope composition

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HERBIVORE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONALITY; TOOTH;

EID: 0032418394     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00099-0     Document Type: Article

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