Triple oxygen isotope analysis of bioapatite as tracer for diagenetic alteration of bones and teeth

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 84-91

  Gehler, Alexander ^a   Tütken, Thomas ^b   Pack, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Diagenesis; Mammals; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BODY MASS; BONE; ENAMEL; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRESERVATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SKELETAL REMAINS; SMALL MAMMAL; TRACER;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 80052712629     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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