Effect of precipitation regime on δD values of soil n-alkanes from elevation gradients - Implications for the study of paleo-elevation

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 838-845

  Bai, Yan ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Gleixner, Gerd ^c   Mügler, Ines ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AVERAGE VALUES; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; DRY REGION; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; ELEVATION GRADIENT; LAPSE RATE; LONG CHAIN N-ALKANES; N-ALKANES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRECIPITATION CONTROLS; SURFACE SOIL; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WATER SOURCE; WEST KUNLUN;

ALTITUDE CONTROL; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; SOILS;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CORRELATION; ELEVATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SAMPLING; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; GONGGA MOUNTAIN; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 79960919138     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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