Reconstructing palaeoenvironment from δ13C and δ15N values of soil organic matter: A calibration from arid and wetter elevation transects in Ethiopia

Geoderma

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 197-210

  Terwilliger, Valery J ^a,b   Eshetu, Zewdu ^c   Colman, Albert ^d,e   Bekele, Tesfaye ^c   Gezahgne, Alemu ^c   Fogel, Marilyn L ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Palaeoclimates; Soil organic matter; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATES; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CALIBRATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ELEVATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 53249143870     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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