Seasonal variation in kangaroo tooth enamel oxygen and carbon isotopes in southern Australia

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-265

  Brookman, Tom H ^a   Ambrose, Stanley H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Carbon isotopes; Kangaroo; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimate; Seasonality; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; KANGAROO; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATES; SEASONALITY;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENAMELS; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; TOOTH ENAMEL; VEGETATION;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ENAMEL; MARSUPIAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TOOTH;

AUSTRALIA;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS;

EID: 84865382063     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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