Negative δ 18O-δ 13C relationship of pedogenic carbonate from northern China indicates a strong response of C 3/C 4 biomass to the seasonality of Asian monsoon precipitation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-40

  Yang, Shiling ^a   Ding, Zhongli ^a   Wang, Xu ^a   Tang, Zihua ^a   Gu, Zhaoyan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

C 3 C 4 vegetation; Chinese loess; East Asian summer monsoon; Pedogenic carbonate; Precipitation seasonality; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; LOESS; METABOLISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PEDOGENESIS; PHYTOMASS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84856562422     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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