Spatial and temporal variations in the 13C / 12C and 15N / 14N ratios of mammoth hairs: Palaeodiet and palaeoclimatic implications

Chemical Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 16-25

  Iacumin, P ^a   Davanzo, S ^a   Nikolaev, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Mammoth hair; Nitrogen isotopes; Northern Siberia; Palaeodiet; Palaeoenviroment

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ELEPHANT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 33745223893     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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