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- Title
Seasonal temperatures in the late pleistocene inferred from δO values in tooth enamel of fossil bison (Middle Urals, Russia).
- Authors
Velivetskaya, T.; Smirnov, N.; Ignat'ev, A.; Kiyashko, S.; Ulitko, A.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which investigated the seasonal temperatures during the Late Pleistocene period as inferred from the tooth enamel of Bison priscus fossil that was found in Middle Urals, Russia. It states that the composition of oxygen isotope in hydroxiapatite is mainly determined through the isotopic composition of consumed water and food from environments. It reveals that the general variations range in δ18oxygen (O)carb values for analyzed samples of the enamel was between 15.5% to 20.9%. It says that temperatures in Late Pleistocene were by 9x00B0;Celsius (C) and 7x00B0;C.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; EARTH temperature; SEASONS; STEPPE bison; PLEISTOCENE paleontology; DENTAL enamel; FOSSIL bison; OXYGEN isotopes; WATER
- Publication
Doklady Earth Sciences, 2011, Vol 440, Issue 2, p1416
- ISSN
1028-334X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1028334X11100084