Stable isotope paleoecology of White River ungulates during the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition in northwestern Nebraska

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 375, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-49

  Boardman, Grant S ^a   Secord, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chadronian; Eocene Oligocene climate transition; Mammals; Orellan; Paleoecology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENAMEL; EOCENE; EXTINCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNGULATE; WATER USE;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES; WHITE RIVER [UNITED STATES];

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; MESOHIPPUS; RHINOCEROTIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 84875507533     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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