Oxygen isotope composition of living land snail shells: Data from Italy

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 20-33

  Zanchetta, G ^a   Leone, G ^a   Fallick, A E ^b   Bonadonna, F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Italy; Land snail; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoclimatology

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; SNAIL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 21744440895     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.024     Document Type: Article

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