Stable hydrogen-isotope ratios in beetle chitin: preliminary European data and re-interpretation of North American data

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 1850-1864

  Gröcke, Darren R ^a   Schimmelmann, Arndt ^b   Elias, Scott ^c   Miller, Randall F ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHITIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

BEETLE EXOSKELETONS; HYDROGEN-ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ISOTOPES;

BEETLE; CHITIN; EXOSKELETON; FOSSIL; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33745836146     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.01.021     Document Type: Article

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