δD values of n-alkanes in Tibetan lake sediments and aquatic macrophytes - A surface sediment study and application to a 16ka record from Lake Koucha

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 779-790

  Aichner, Bernhard ^a   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^a   Wilkes, Heinz ^b   Vieth, Andrea ^b   Böhner, Jürgen ^c  

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

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC LIPIDS; AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; HOLOCENES; HUMID REGIONS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAKE WATERS; LEAF WATER; LIPID SYNTHESIS; LONG CHAIN N-ALKANES; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MEAN VALUES; METEORIC WATERS; MOISTURE BALANCE; N-ALKANE CHAINS; N-ALKANES; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; QAIDAM BASIN; SEDIMENT CORE; SOURCE WATERS; STUDY AND APPLICATIONS; SUMMER MONTHS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIBETANS;

CORE SAMPLES; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMARKER; CORRELATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIPID; MACROPHYTE; MONSOON; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77954316053     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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