Hydrogen isotopic variability in leaf waxes among terrestrial and aquatic plants around Blood Pond, Massachusetts (USA)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 977-984

  Hou, Juzhi ^a   D'Andrea, William J ^a   MacDonald, Dana ^a   Huang, Yongsong ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYMNOSPERMS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; SEDIMENTARY HYDROGEN ISOTOPES;

FRACTIONATION; HYDROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

WAXES;

ANGIOSPERM; GYMNOSPERM; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PALEOCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT EXTRACT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BLOOD POND; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 34249045987     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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