Stable isotope ecology of Miocene large mammals from Sandelzhausen, southern Germany

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-226

  Tütken, Thomas ^a,b   Vennemann, Torsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Diet; Drinking water; Enamel; Mean annual air temperature; Molasse Basin; Oxygen isotopes; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349256361     PISSN: 00310220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-009-0011-y     Document Type: Article

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