Oxygen isotopes in cellulose from modern and Quaternary intertropical peatbogs: Implications for palaeohydrology

Chemical Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 341-359

  Aucour, A M ^a,b   Hillaire Marcel, C ^b   Bonnefille, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALAEOHYDROLOGY; PEAT; PLANT CELLULOSE; QUATERNARY;

BURUNDI;

EID: 0030433710     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(95)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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