Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18 O/16 O, δ 18 O) are a powerful tool for
exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) …

A new Devonian oxygen isotope record based on 180 measurements of conodont apatite is
reported from South China. The comparison with published Devonian δ 18 O apatite data …

The use of stable isotope ratio analysis in archaeology has exploded over the past few
decades to the point where it is now an established tool that is routinely used to investigate …

Conodonts, microfossils composed of carbonate-fluor apatite, are abundant in Palaeozoic–
Triassic sediments and have a high potential to preserve primary oxygen isotope signals. In …

Naturally occurring variations in the stable isotope composition of fossil vertebrates have
been studied since the late 1970s. Isotopic data from vertebrate fossils are sometimes used …

RATIONALE Oxygen isotope analysis of archaeological human dental enamel is widely
used as a proxy for the drinking water composition (δ18ODW) of the individual and thus can …

Over the past forty years, stable isotope analysis of bone (and tooth) collagen and
hydroxyapatite has become a mainstay of archaeological and paleoanthropological …

Latitudinal variations in model biogenic apatite δ18O values were calculated using
fractionation equations of vertebrates and weighted rainfall δ18O values along with mean …

What the body temperature and thermoregulation processes of extinct vertebrates were are
central questions for understanding their ecology and evolution. The thermophysiologic …

Empirical estimates of climate parameters such as mean annual temperature (MAT) are
essential to describe both ancient climate and to ground truth climate model simulations of …