Pedogenic carbonate isotope record of vegetational evolution since late Miocene in Loess Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1034-1038

  Yang, Shiling ^a   Ding, Zhongli ^a   Gu, Zhaoyan ^a   Sun, Jimin ^a   Xiong, Shangfa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2 concentrations; Palaeovegetation shift; Pedogenic carbonate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006133045     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02886025     Document Type: Article

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