Stable isotope constraints on the elevation history of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 588-598

  Crowley, Brooke E ^a   Koch, Paul L ^a   Davis, Edward B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio apatite; Enamel; Oxygen; Sierra Nevada; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIO-APATITE; CALIFORNIA; ENAMEL; HIGH ELEVATIONS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; OXYGEN; RAIN SHADOW; SIERRA NEVADA; STABLE ISOTOPES;

HISTORY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS;

FORESTRY;

APATITE; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; ENAMEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INTERGLACIAL; STABLE ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 49749095126     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26254.1     Document Type: Article

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