Distributions of fatty acids in a stalagmite related to paleoclimate change at Qingjiang in Hubei, southern China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1463-1469

  Xie, Shucheng ^a   Huang, Junhua ^a   Wang, Hongmei ^a   Yi, Yi ^a   Hu, Chaoyong ^a   Cai, Yanjun ^b   Cheng, Hai ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Ecosystem; Microbe; Paleoclimate; Quaternary; Speleothem

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL IMPACT; MICROBES; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM;

FATTY ACIDS;

BIOMARKER; CLIMATE CHANGE; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI;

EID: 33845700841     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yd0155     Document Type: Article

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