Stable isotope analysis of the tooth enamel of Chaingzauk mammalian fauna (late Neogene, Myanmar) and its implication to paleoenvironment and paleogeography

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 11-22

  Zin Maung Maung Thein, ^a   Takai, Masanaru ^b   Uno, Hikaru ^c   Wynn, Jonathan G ^d   Egi, Naoko ^b   Tsubamoto, Takehisa ^e   Thaung Htike, ^f   Aung Naing Soe, ^g   Maung Maung, ^h   Nishimura, Takeshi ^b   Yoneda, Minoru ^c  

^a MANDALAY UNIVERSITY   (Myanmar)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^f Shwebo Degree Collage ^*  (Myanmar)

^g Sittwe University   (Myanmar)

^h Hinthada University   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Irrawaddy sediments; Myanmar; Neogene; Paleoenvironment; Paleogeography; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENAMEL; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OROGENY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; REGRESSION; RODENT; SCRUB; SHRUBLAND; STABLE ISOTOPE;

HIMALAYAS; MYANMAR;

BOVIDAE; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROTIDAE; SUIDAE; TRAGULIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 79551526067     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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