Lateral trends in carbon isotope ratios reveal a miocene vegetation gradient in the Siwaliks of Pakistan

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-106

  Morgan, Michèle ^a   Behrensmeyer, Anna K ^b   Badgley, Catherine ^c   Berry, John C ^a   Nelson, Sherry ^d   Pilbeam, David ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; HOME RANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LATE MIOCENE; MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES; MIOCENE; PAKISTAN; RIVER SYSTEMS; SIWALIK; SUBSTRATE CONDITIONS;

DENTISTRY; ENAMELS; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; VEGETATION;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL RECORD; HERBIVORE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; TOOTH; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SIWALIK HILLS; SOUTH ASIA;

EQUIDAE; GIRAFFIDAE; HOMO; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 69649100654     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25359A.1     Document Type: Article

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