Cenozoic long-term terrestrial climatic evolution in Germany tracked by δ18O of rodent tooth phosphate

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 331-342

  Héran, Marie Anne ^a   Lécuyer, Christophe ^a   Legendre, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Climate; Continental; Oxygen isotopes; Rodents

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOZOIC; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARINE RECORD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; RODENT;

GERMANY;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 72749115647     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.11.030     Document Type: Article

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