A comparative study of n-alkane biomarker and pollen records: An example from southern China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1065-1072

  Zheng, Yanhong ^a,b   Zhou, Weijian ^b   Xie, Shucheng ^c   Yu, Xuefeng ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker and pollen; Comparison; N alkanes; Southern China; Vegetation and climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449169523     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0563-3     Document Type: Article

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