Molecular hydrogen isotope analysis of living and fossil plants-Metasequoia as an example

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 901-912

  Yang, Hong ^a,b   Leng, Qin ^a,c  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Compound specific 8D; Hydrogen fractionation; Metasequoia; Paleoclimate; Plant molecule

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULES; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMPOUND-SPECIFIC 8D; FOSSIL PLANT; HYDROGEN FRACTIONATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LIPID MOLECULES; METASEQUOIUM; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; PALEOCLIMATES; PLANT MOLECULE;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 69049083374     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.09.010     Document Type: Review

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