Hydrogen isotope ratios of terrigenous n-alkanes in lacustrine surface sediment of the Tibetan Plateau record the precipitation signal

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-338

  Xia, Zhong Huan ^a,b   Xu, Bai Qing ^a   Mugler I ^c   Wu, Guang Jian ^a   Gleixner, G ^c   Sachse, D ^c   Zhu, Li Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Hydrogen isotope ratio; Lacustrine sediment; N alkanes; Precipitation; Terrestrial origin

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; FRACTIONATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METEORIC WATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QIANGYONG GLACIER; XIZANG;

EID: 55349110841     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.42.331     Document Type: Article

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