Stable isotopes in modern ostrich eggshell: A calibration for paleoenvironmental applications in semi-arid regions of southern Africa

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2451-2461

  Johnson, Beverly J ^a,c   Fogel, Marilyn L ^b   Miller, Gifford H ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Eggshell; Isotopic analysis; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

EGGSHELL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032460462     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00175-6     Document Type: Article

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