Sub-seasonal oxygen and carbon isotope variations in shells of modern Radix sp. (Gastropoda) from the Tibetan Plateau: Potential of a new archive for palaeoclimatic studies

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-56

  Taft, Linda ^a   Wiechert, Uwe ^a   Riedel, Frank ^a   Weynell, Marc ^a   Zhang, Hucai ^b,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian monsoons; Gastropods; Lakes; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; CARBON ISOTOPES; CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPORATION RATE; GASTROPODA; GASTROPODS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IN-SHELL; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPE RECORD; ISOTOPIC PATTERN; LAKE WATERS; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RAINY SEASONS; RESIDENCE TIME; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUMMER MONSOON PRECIPITATION; SURFACE AREA; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIME-RESOLUTION; WATER RESIDENCE TIME;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBONATE MINERALS; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; LAKES; OXYGEN; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ARAGONITE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; GROWTH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MONSOON; ONTOGENY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY; SHELL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; RADIX (GASTROPOD); RADIX SP.;

EID: 84862804790     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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