Stable isotopes in pocket gopher teeth as evidence of a Late Matuyama climate shift in the southern rocky mountains

Quaternary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 200-207

  Rogers, Karel L ^a   Wang, Yang ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brunhes; Colorado Plateau; Enamel; Matuyama; Paleoclimate; Pleistocene; Regional uplift; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; MAMMAL; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOOTH; UPLIFT;

COLORADO; NEW MEXICO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN LUIS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

CRASSULACEAE; GEOMYIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036525420     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2309     Document Type: Article

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