Carbon isotope variation in modern soils of the tallgrass prairie: Analogues for the interpretation of isotopic records derived from paleosols

Quaternary International

Volumn 162-163, Issue , 2007, Pages 3-20

  Johnson, William C ^a   Willey, Karen L ^a   Macpherson, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LANDSCAPE; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PRAIRIE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847612878     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.036     Document Type: Article

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