Comparison of the carbon isotope composition of total organic carbon and long-chain n-alkanes from surface soils in eastern China and their significance

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3921-3927

  Rao, Zhiguo ^a,b   Jia, Guodong ^a   Zhu, Zhaoyu ^a   Wu, Yi ^a   Zhang, Jiawu ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C3 C4 plants; Carbon isotopes; N alkanes; Surface soils; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

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EID: 57849146457     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0296-3     Document Type: Article

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