title: Isotopic composition of cattle pancreatic stones: biological and geochemical implications.
abstract: Latitudinal variations of the O18/O16-ratios of carbonate and phosphate of cattle pancreatic stones parallel a similar pattern of oxygen isotope values in rain water. C13/C12-ratios were virtually identical for the 7 cases studied. Isotopic measurements of mammalian hard tissues may be used for studying short-term climatic variations through Quaternary.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000032:analysis; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D002137:Calculi / Q000473:pathology* / Q000662:veterinary; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002980:Climate; D003718:Denmark; D004739:England; D005387:Finland; D005602:France; D055593:Geological Phenomena; D005844:Geology; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D002119:Calcium Carbonate