The isotope record of short- and long-term dietary changes in sheep tooth enamel: Implications for quantitative reconstruction of paleodiets

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3571-3586

  Zazzo, A ^a   Balasse, M ^a   Passey, B H ^b   Moloney, A P ^c   Monahan, F J ^d   Schmidt, O ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; DIET; ENAMEL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; PALEONTOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952888005     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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