Carbon isotope and C/N ratios of suspended matter in rivers: An indicator of seasonal change in C4/C3 vegetation

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1241-1249

  Weiguo, Liu ^a   Zisheng, An ^a   Weijian, Zhou ^a   Head, M J ^a,b   Delin, Cai ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS;

RIVERS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VEGETATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0037672494     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00249-4     Document Type: Article

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