Changes in terrestrial ecosystem since 30 Ma in East Asia: Stable isotope evidence from black carbon in the South China Sea

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1093-1096

  Jia, Guodong ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Zhao, Quanhong ^b   Jian, Zhimin ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

13C 12C; Carbon cycle; Monsoon; Paleoecology; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; MONSOONS; CARBON CYCLES; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; MONSOON; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PALEOECOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBONATES; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; VEGETATION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEMS;

BLACK CARBON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON CYCLE; CARBONATE; CENOZOIC; MIOCENE; MONSOON; PLIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; FAR EAST;

EID: 1642481187     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19992.1     Document Type: Article

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