Carbon isotope fractionation during low temperature carbonization of foxtail and common millets

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 713-719

  Yang, Qing ^a,c   Li, Xiaoqiang ^b   Liu, Weiguo ^a   Zhou, Xinying ^b   Zhao, Keliang ^b   Sun, Nan ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; FOXTAIL MILLET; HOLOCENES; LOW-TEMPERATURE CARBONIZATION; NATURAL VARIATION; NORTH CHINA; PALAEOCLIMATE; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; THERMAL TOLERANCE;

CARBONIZATION; COKE; ISOTOPES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASS; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MILLET; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAMPLING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHINA;

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; PANICUM MILIACEUM; SETARIA ITALICA;

EID: 79960911331     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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