A 130-ka reconstruction of precipitation on the Chinese Loess Plateau from organic carbon isotopes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 59-63

  Youfeng, Ning ^a,b   Weiguo, Liu ^a,c   Zhisheng, An ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C4 C3 plant; Loess Plateau; Precipitation; Soil carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOSOL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 56049095253     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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