Stable isotopes of modern herbivore tooth enamel in the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for paleoelevation reconstructions

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-54

  Xu, Qiang ^a,b   Ding, Lin ^a   Zhang, Li Yun ^a,b   Yang, Di ^a,b   Cai, Fu Long ^a   Lai, Qing Zhou ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Shi, Ren Deng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Herbivore; Paleoelevation; Stable isotopes ( 13C and 18O); Tibetan Plateau; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

BOS GRUNNIENS; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 75649132827     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0543-2     Document Type: Article

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