Paleoclimatic significance of δD and δ13C values in pinon pine needles from packrat middens spanning the last 40,000 years

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 53-72

  Pendall, Elise ^a,c   Betancourt, Julio L ^b   Leavitt, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

C 13 C 12; D H; Holocene; New Mexico; Paleoecology; Pleistocene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; MIDDEN; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS EDULIS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 0033104750     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00152-7     Document Type: Article

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