Preservation of primary stable isotope signals in dinosaur remains, and environmental gradients of the Late Cretaceous of Montana and Alberta

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 13-27

  Fricke, Henry C ^a   Rogers, Raymond R ^b   Backlund, Robert ^a   Dwyer, Christopher N ^b   Echt, Susan ^a  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DIET; DINOSAUR; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MESOZOIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49149106637     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.030     Document Type: Article

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