SPECIAL REPORT: Oxygen isotope composition of human tooth enamel from medieval Greenland: Linking climate and society

Research Article| October 01, 1995 SPECIAL REPORT: Oxygen isotope composition of human tooth enamel from medieval Greenland: Linking climate and society Henry C. Fricke; Henry C. Fricke 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1006 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar James R. O'Neil; James R. O'Neil 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1006 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Niels Lynnerup Niels Lynnerup 2Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Henry C. Fricke 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1006 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063 James R. O'Neil 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1006 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063 Niels Lynnerup 2Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1995) 23 (10): 869–872. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0869:SROICO>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Henry C. Fricke, James R. O'Neil, Niels Lynnerup; SPECIAL REPORT: Oxygen isotope composition of human tooth enamel from medieval Greenland: Linking climate and society. Geology 1995;; 23 (10): 869–872. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0869:SROICO>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Because the oxygen isotope composition of mammalian tooth enamel (δ18Op) can be used as a proxy for local surface temperature, teeth from archaeological sites can serve as records of climate change on the time scale of decades to thousands of years. Such records can be interpreted in terms of the response of human societies to climate change. In the first such study, the analyses of Norse and Inuit teeth from North Atlantic sites validate the relation between δ18Op and temperature. A 3%0 decrease in δ18Op from sites in Greenland about A.D. 1400 to 1700 implies rapid cooling during the Little Ice Age. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.