Stable isotopes of fossil teeth corroborate key general circulation model predictions for the Last Glacial Maximum in North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Kohn, Matthew J ^a   McKay, Moriah ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENAMELS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; OXYGEN;

ARIZONA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA; FOSSIL TEETH; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GULF OF MEXICO; HOLOCENES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; WINTER PRECIPITATION; WYOMING;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

ARIDITY; CARBONATE; ENAMEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PEDOGENESIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78649523860     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045404     Document Type: Article

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