Postglacial climate-change record in biomarker lipid compositions of the Hani peat sequence, Northeastern China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 37-46

  Zhou, Weijian ^a,c,d   Zheng, Yanhong ^a,b   Meyers, Philip A ^e   Jull, A J Timothy ^f   Xie, Shucheng ^g  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Xi'an AMS Center   (China)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Holocene Climate Optimum; N alkanes; N alkanoic acids; N alkanols; Peat; Pre Boreal

Indexed keywords

ACID DISTRIBUTION; ALKANOLS; EAST ASIA; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; HOLOCENES; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOCAL CLIMATE; LONG CHAINS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; N-ALKANES; N-ALKANOLS; PALEOCLIMATES; PEAT SYSTEMS; RAIN WATER; SECONDARY COMPONENTS; VASCULAR PLANT; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ACIDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHAIN LENGTH; GROUNDWATER; PARAFFINS; PEAT; SOLVENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALCOHOL; ALKANE; ALLEROD; BIOMARKER; BOLLING; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYPSITHERMAL; LIPID; MIRE; PALEOCLIMATE; PEAT; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; PREBOREAL; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VEGETATION HISTORY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CHINA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77952291596     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.035     Document Type: Article

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