Lower-latitude mammals as year-round residents in Eocene Arctic forests

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 499-502

  Eberle, J ^a   Fricke, H ^b   Humphrey, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND BRIDGES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS;

ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; OXYGEN; TOOTH ENAMEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOSPHERE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENAMEL; EOCENE; FOREST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 69649087596     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25633A.1     Document Type: Article

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