Tertiary history of C4 biomass in the Great Plains, USA

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 809-812

  Fox, David L ^a,b   Koch, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

C4 grasses; Carbon isotopes; Grasslands; Great Plains; Paleosol carbonate; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

PALEOSOLS;

COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; GRASSLAND; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PALEOSOL; TERTIARY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141460609     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19580.1     Document Type: Article

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