Seasonal climate change across the Roman Warm Period/Vandal Minimum transition using isotope sclerochronology in archaeological shells and otoliths, southwest Florida, USA

Quaternary International

Volumn 308-309, Issue , 2013, Pages 230-241

  Wang, Ting ^a   Surge, Donna ^a   Walker, Karen Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; OTOLITH; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHELL; SOLAR RADIATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

FELIS; MERCENARIA CAMPECHIENSIS;

EID: 84884351240     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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