The carbon isotope composition of C3 herbaceous plants in loess area of northern China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1069-1076

  Wang, Guoan ^a,b   Han, Jiamao ^b   Liu, Dongsheng ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Annual precipitation; C3 herbaceous plants; Carbon isotope; Loess area

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ISOTOPES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

SEMIMOIST AREA;

CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; LOESS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0347517473     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02959402     Document Type: Article

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