Paleovegetation reconstruction using δ13C of Soil Organic Matter

Biogeosciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1325-1337

  Wang, G ^a   Feng, X ^b   Han, J ^c   Zhou, L ^d   Tan, W ^a   Su, F ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 71949126073     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-5-1325-2008     Document Type: Article

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