Soil n-alkane δ13C along a mountain slope as an integrator of altitude effect on plant species δ13C

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Wei, Kai ^a,b   Jia, Guodong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKPOINT; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; N-ALKANES; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT SPECIES; PRECIPITATION THRESHOLD; SIMILAR PATTERN; SURFACE SOIL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SOILS;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ALKANE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEA LEVEL; SLOPE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; THRESHOLD; WAX;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GONGGA MOUNTAIN; SICHUAN;

EID: 68949105385     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038294     Document Type: Article

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