Variation in n-alkane δD values from terrestrial plants at high latitude: Implications for paleoclimate reconstruction

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-288

  Yang, Hong ^a   Liu, Weiguo ^b,c   Leng, Qin ^a,d   Hren, Michael T ^e   Pagani, Mark ^e  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; DATA SETS; DECIDUOUS TREES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; GLOBAL CHANGE; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGHER PLANTS; HYDRAULIC SYSTEM; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; LEAF AREA; LIFE FORM; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; N-ALKANES; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; PLANTS GROWING; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS; TRANSPIRATION RATES;

ECOLOGY; FRACTIONATION; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; HERB; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LATITUDE; LEAF AREA; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSPIRATION; WAX;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 79952617817     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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