Oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in rodent tissues: Impact of diet, water and ontogeny

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Kirsanow, Karola ^a,b   Tuross, Noreen ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone collagen; Hair keratin; Hydrogen isotopes; Ontogeny; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; APATITE; BODY SIZE; CARBONATE; COLLAGEN; DIET; DRINKING WATER; ENAMEL; FAT; HAIR; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MATURATION; METEORIC WATER; ONTOGENY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHOSPHATE; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WEANING;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80052764185     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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