Organic stable carbon isotopic composition reveals late Quaternary vegetation changes in the dune fields of northern China

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-444

  Lu, Huayu ^a,b   Zhou, Yali ^c   Liu, Weiguo ^d   Mason, Joseph ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

C 4 plants; Climatic change; Dune fields; Late Quaternary; Northern China; Stable carbon isotopes; Vegetation changes

Indexed keywords

C 4 PLANTS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DUNE FIELDS; LATE QUATERNARY; NORTHERN CHINA; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; VEGETATION CHANGE;

CLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; ORGANIC CARBON; STRATIGRAPHY;

VEGETATION;

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA; HORQIN DESERT; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS; OTINDAG;

EID: 84862822819     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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