Different climatic controls of soil δ13Corg in three mid-latitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere since the Last Glacial period

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-266

  Rao, ZhiGuo ^a,b,c   Zhu, ZhaoYu ^a   Zhang, JiaWu ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

C4 plants; Carbon isotopes; Climate factors; Loess; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847654208     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0006-6     Document Type: Article

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