Does δ13Ccarb of the Chinese loess indicate past C3/C4 abundance? A review of research on stable carbon isotopes of the Chinese loess

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2251-2257

  Rao, Zhiguo ^a,b,c   Zhu, Zhaoyu ^a   Chen, Fahu ^b   Zhang, Jiawu ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONATES; GLACIERS; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINESE LOESS; CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU (CLP); SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

RADIOISOTOPES;

ABUNDANCE; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; LOESS; PALEOSOL;

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

EID: 33747072586     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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