Late Pleistocene climatic change in the French Jura (Gigny) recorded in the δ18O of phosphate from ungulate tooth enamel

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 605-613

  Fabre, Magali ^a   Lécuyer, Christophe ^b   Brugal, Jean Philip ^a   Amiot, Romain ^b   Fourel, François ^b   Martineau, François ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Oxygen isotope; Phosphate; Pleistocene; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; FOOD RESOURCES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; MEAN ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLEISTOCENE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVERS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; UNGULATE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENAMELS; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SNOW; TIME SERIES;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NEANDERTHAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOOTH; UNGULATE;

FRANCE;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79955463387     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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