Growth increments in Gomphotherium tusks and implications for late Miocene climate change in North America

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 327-348

  Fox, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Miocene; North America; Paleoclimate; Proboscidea; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

BROSME BROSME; GOMPHOTHERIUM; HEMPHILLIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034161691     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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