Neogene forests from the Appalachians of Tennessee, USA: Geochemical evidence from fossil mammal teeth

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 59-68

  DeSantis, Larisa R G ^a   Wallace, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Neogene; Paleoecology; Rare earth elements; Refugia; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HERBIVORY; MAMMAL; NEOGENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE; REFUGIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

GOMPHOTHERIIDAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; TAPIRUS; TAYASSUIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 49149129689     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.032     Document Type: Article

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