Bone stable isotopic signatures (15N, 18O) as tracers of temperature variation during the Late-glacial and early Holocene: Case study on red deer Cervus elaphus from Rochedane (Jura, France)

Geological Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 593-604

  Drucker, D G ^a,b   Bridault, A ^b   Iacumin, P ^c   Bocherens, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GEROM Groupe d'Études Remodelage Osseux et Biominéraux   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Jura; Late glacial Holocene; Mammal bone collagen; Palaeoclimatic changes; Red deer Cervus elaphus; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BONE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; FRANCHE COMTE; JURA [FRANCHE COMTE]; WESTERN EUROPE;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 69949138639     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1170     Document Type: Article

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