The early origins of terrestrial C4 photosynthesis

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue , 2007, Pages 435-461

  Tipple, Brett J ^a   Pagani, Mark ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioapatite; Carbon isotopes; Compound specific isotope analysis; Paleoclimate; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BIOAPATITE; CARBON ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARIDITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOSOL; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 34250615832     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.35.031306.140150     Document Type: Article

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