Evidence for shifting environmental conditions in Southwestern France from 33 000 to 15 000 years ago derived from carbon-13 and nitrogen-15 natural abundances in collagen of large herbivores

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 163-173

  Drucker, Dorothée G ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^a   Billiou, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Collagen; Europe; Last Glacial Maximum; Nitrogen 15; Paleoenvironment

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MAMMAL; NITROGEN CYCLE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE;

(SOUTHWEST); FRANCE;

EID: 0242497266     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00514-4     Document Type: Article

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