Is small beautiful? A review of the advantages and limitations of using small mammal teeth and the direct laser fluorination analysis technique in the isotope reconstruction of past continental climate change

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 39-50

  Grimes, Stephen T ^a   Collinson, Margaret E ^b   Hooker, Jerry J ^c   Mattey, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dentine; Enamel; Oxygen isotopes; Phosphate; Rodent

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; RODENT; TEMPERATURE; TOOTH;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 49149126605     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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