Paleoseasonality inferred from equid teeth and intra-tooth isotopic variability

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 122-144

  Nelson, Sherry V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Miocene; Monsoons; Pakistan; Paleoclimatology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONALITY; TOOTH; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; EQUIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; SIVAPITHECUS;

EID: 20444421542     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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