Title
Rhinocerotid tooth enamel 18O/16O variability between 23 and 12 Ma in southwestern France
Other title
[Variabilité du rapport 18O/16O de dents de rhinocéros du Sud-Quest de la France entre 23 et 12 Ma]
Date Issued
01 February 2006
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Bentaleb I.
Langlois C.
Martin C.
Iacumin P.
Antoine P.O.
Duranthon F.
Moussa I.
Jaeger J.J.
Barrett N.
Kandorp R.
Université Montpellier-II
Abstract
The relationship between the oxygen isotope ratio of mammal tooth enamel and that of drinking water was used to reconstruct changes in the Miocene oxygen isotope ratio of rainfall (meteoric water δ18OMW. These, in turn, are related to climatic parameters (temperature, precipitation and evaporation rate). δ18O values of rhinocerotid teeth from the Aquitaine Basin (southwestern France) suggest a significant climatic change between 17 and 12 Ma, characterized by cooling together with precipitation increase, in agreement with other terrestrial and oceanic records. © 2005 Académie des sciences. Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
Start page
172
End page
179
Volume
338
Issue
3
Language
French
OCDE Knowledge area
Geología
Paleontología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33644819098
Source
Comptes Rendus - Geoscience
ISSN of the container
16310713
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus