Mammoth tooth enamel growth rates inferred from stable isotope analysis and histology

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 424-432

  Metcalfe, Jessica Z ^a   Longstaffe, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enamel; Growth rate; Histology; Isotopes; Mammoth; Mammuthus; Proboscidean

Indexed keywords

EURASIA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC STUDY; MAMMOTH; MAMMUTHUS; PROBOSCIDEAN; QUATERNARY DEPOSITS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TWO DIRECTIONS;

ENAMELS; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION; ENAMEL; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMOTH; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MAMMUTHUS; MAMMUTHUS COLUMBI;

EID: 84860435899     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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