Paleoenvironment of the Folsom archaeological site, New Mexico, USA, approximately 10,500 14C yr B.P. as inferred from the stable isotope composition of fossil land snail shells

Quaternary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-44

  Balakrishnan, Meena ^a   Yapp, Crayton J ^a   Meltzer, David J ^a   Theler, James L ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

C4 plants; Carbon isotopes; Folsom site; Land snails; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoenvironment; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SNAIL; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BISON; BUBALUS; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; VALLONIA;

EID: 11044234996     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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