Organic carbon inferred environmental fluctuations during late Quaternary, southwestern Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1121-1132

  Chiang, Hung Wei ^a   Chen, Yue Gau ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C3 and C4 plant; Coastal environment; Late Quaternary; Organic carbon; 13C

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 31444442635     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2005.16.5.1121(T)     Document Type: Article

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