Evidence of Cenozoic environmental and ecological change from stable isotope analysis of sirenian remains from the Tethys-Mediterranean region

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-310

  Clementz, Mark T ^a   Sorbi, Silvia ^b   Domning, Daryl P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT PREFERENCES; LATE MIOCENE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS; NEO GENES; PALEOGENE; PLIOCENE; PRIMARY CONSUMERS; SEAGRASSES; SHALLOW-WATER; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY; TIME INTERVAL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENAMELS; ISOTOPES; NUTRITION; OCEAN HABITATS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TOOTH ENAMEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOCENE; HABITAT SELECTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MESSINIAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSALINITY; PLIOCENE; SEAGRASS; SIRENIAN; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; TETHYS; TRACE FOSSIL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 69649083088     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25533A.1     Document Type: Article

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