Paleoecologies and paleoclimates of late cenozoic mammals from Southwest China: Evidence from stable carbon and oxygen isotopes

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-61

  Biasatti, Dana ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Gao, Feng ^b   Xu, Yingfeng ^a   Flynn, Lawrence ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yunnan Provincial Institute for Cultural Relics and Archaeological Research   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cenozoic mammals; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimate; Paleodiet; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIET; DROUGHT; MAMMAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REGIONAL PATTERN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; GANSU; HIMALAYAS; LINXIA BASIN; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SHANGRI-LA; YUNNAN;

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 84855348956     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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