Influence of aquatic macrophytes on the stable carbon isotopic signatures of sedimentary organic matter in lakes on the Tibetan Plateau

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 706-718

  Aichner, Bernhard ^a   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^a   Wilkes, Heinz ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; CARBON ISOTOPES; IN-PLANTS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LONG CHAIN N-ALKANES; LONG CHAINS; MACROPHYTES; N-ALKANES; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTIAL EXPOSURE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE CARBON; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TWO PARAMETER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PARAFFINS;

BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIPID; MACROPHYTE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

POTAMOGETON;

EID: 77954309758     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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