Stable hydrogen isotopes of bison bone collagen as a proxy for Holocene climate on the Northern Great Plains

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 87-99

  Leyden, Jeremy J ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^b   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Walker, Ernest G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bison; Deuterium; Palaeoecology; Paleoclimate; Saskatchewan

Indexed keywords

BONE; COLLAGEN; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CANADA; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANIMALIA; BISON;

EID: 33747055818     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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