Paleosol carbonate multiple isotopologue signature of active east asian summer monsoons during the late Miocene and Pliocene

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1151-1154

  Suarez, Marina B ^a,c   Passey, Benjamin H ^a   Kaakinen, Anu ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; ISOTOPOLOGUES; LATE MIOCENE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; METEORIC WATERS; NORTHERN CHINA; PLIOCENE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; SUMMER MONSOON; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; WARM CLIMATES;

CARBONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; SOIL MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBONATE; MIOCENE; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER;

EID: 80955136494     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32350.1     Document Type: Article

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