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Stable-isotope microprofiling of wombat tooth enamel records seasonal changes in vegetation and environmental conditions in eastern Australia

Date

Authors

Fraser, Rebecca

Grun, Rainer

Privat, Karen

Gagan, Michael

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We present the first high-resolution carbon and oxygen isotope profiles of carbonate in modern wombat (genera Vombatus and Lasiorhinus) tooth enamel and demonstrate that the carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) clearly preserve seasonal changes in diet and local

Keywords

Keywords: carbon isotope; diet; enamel; environmental conditions; marsupial; paleoecology; Quaternary; seasonal variation; seasonality; semiarid region; stable isotope; tooth; vegetation dynamics; Australasia; Australia; Animalia; Lasiorhinus; Metatheria; Poaceae; Enamel; Marsupials; Palaeodiet; Palaeoecology; Stable isotopes

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/29745

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.08.004

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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