The 200,000 year long record of stable isotopes (δ18O, δ13C) of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) teeth from Biśnik Cave, Poland

Quaternary International

Volumn 339-340, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-130

  Krajcarz, Maciej T ^a   Krajcarz, Magdalena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOOD SELECTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HIBERNATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

CRACOW; CZESTOCHOWA [POLAND]; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND;

URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 84904597055     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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