Variations in bone collagen δ13C and δ15N values of fauna from Northwest Europe over the last 40 000 years

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-267

  Richards, M P ^a   Hedges, R E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Europe; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoenvironments; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BONE; COLLAGEN; HERBIVORE; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

(NORTHWEST); EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037446405     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00229-3     Document Type: Article

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