Variations in radiocarbon ages of various organic fractions in core sediments from Erhai Lake, SW China

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-144

  Xu, Sheng ^a,b   Zheng, Guodong ^c  

^a Tono Geoscience Center   (Japan)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HUMIC ACID; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE;

CHINA; ERHAI LAKE; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0037283821     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.37.135     Document Type: Article

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