Restricted utility of δ13C of bulk organic matter as a record of paleovegetation in some loess-paleosol sequences in the Chinese Loess Plateau

Quaternary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-93

  Xie, Shucheng ^a,b   Guo, Jianqiu ^a   Huang, Junhua ^a   Chen, Fahu ^c   Wang, Haibin ^c   Farrimond, Paul ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Carbon isotopes; Loess; Monsoon climate; Northwest China; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; LOESS; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL;

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

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 3042757965     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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