Potential use of soil C isotope analyses to evaluate paleoclimate

Soil Science

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 471-488

  Follett, Ronald F ^a   Kimble, John ^b   Leavitt, Steven W ^c   Pruessner, Elizabeth ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Soil organic carbon dating; Soil profile horizons; US Great Plains

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3342914876     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000135169.45251.63     Document Type: Article

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