C4 expansion in the central Inner Mongolia during the latest Miocene and early Pliocene

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 311-319

  Zhang, Chunfu ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Deng, Tao ^b   Wang, Xiaoming ^c   Biasatti, Dana ^a   Xu, Yingfeng ^a   Li, Qiang ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

C4 plants; fossil mammals; Inner Mongolia; late Miocene; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANTS; FOSSIL MAMMALS; INNER MONGOLIA; LATE MIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

DENTISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENAMELS; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; NUTRITION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TECTONICS; TOOTH ENAMEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOSSIL RECORD; GRASS; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

CERVIDAE; ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUIDAE; GIRAFFIDAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 70350131994     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.025     Document Type: Article

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