New cetacean δR values for Arctic North America and their implications for marine-mammal-based palaeoenvironmental reconstructions

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 218-241

  Furze, Mark F A ^a   Pieńkowski, Anna J ^b   Coulthard, Roy D ^c  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balaena mysticetus; Bowhead whale; Canadian Arctic; Radiocarbon calibration; Reservoir correction; Sea ice; R

Indexed keywords

BONE; COLLAGEN; MAMMALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BOWHEAD WHALES; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; RADIOCARBON CALIBRATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL FLUCTUATIONS;

REPAIR;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS;

EID: 84899938481     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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