Stable isotope record in paleosol carbonates from the Chinese Loess Plateau: Implications for late Neogene paleoclimate and paleovegetation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 237, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 359-369

  Kaakinen, Anu ^a   Sonninen, Eloni ^a   Lunkka, Juha Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Carbon and oxygen isotopes; China; Lantian; Neogene; Paleoenvironment; Pedogenic carbonate

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; NEOGENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VERTEBRATE;

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

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745898235     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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