C4 plant productivity and climate-CO2 variations in south-central Texas during the late Quaternary

Quaternary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 182-188

  Nordt, Lee C ^a   Boutton, Thomas W ^b   Jacob, Jacob S ^c   Mandel, Rolfe D ^d  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried soil; Glacial meltwater; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; MELTWATER; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUATERNARY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036768606     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2002.2344     Document Type: Article

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