Influence of variation in precipitation on the δD values of terrestrial n-alkanes on the southern Tibetan Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2140-2147

  Xie, Ying ^a,b   Xu, Bai Qing ^a   Wu, Guang Jian ^a   Lin, Shu Biao ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

hydrogen isotope; ice core; lake sedimentary core; n alkane; southern Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861891864     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5012-7     Document Type: Article

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