A 35Myr North American leaf-wax compound-specific carbon and hydrogen isotope record: Implications for C4 grasslands and hydrologic cycle dynamics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 250-262

  Tipple, Brett J ^a   Pagani, Mark ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cenozoic; DSDP Site 94; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrogen isotopes; N alkanes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; CENOZOIC; DSDP SITE 94; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; N-ALKANES;

CHAIN LENGTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; HYDROGEN; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; GRASSLAND; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT PLAINS; GULF OF MEXICO;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77958507103     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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