Aeolian n-alkane isotopic evidence from North Pacific for a Late Miocene decline of C 4 plant in the arid Asian interior

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 321-322, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-40

  Jia, Guodong ^a   Li, Zhiyang ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Zhou, Liping ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian interior; C 4 plant evolution; Marine record; N alkanes; North Pacific

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; AEOLIAN DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CO; DEEP SEA SEDIMENT; GLOBAL COOLING; HIGHER PLANTS; ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; LATE MIOCENE; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MARINE RECORD; MIDDLE MIOCENE; MINERAL DUST; N-ALKANES; NORTH PACIFIC; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLATEAU UPLIFT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOURCE REGION; TEMPERATURE DROPS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VEGETATION CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TECTONICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

PARAFFINS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; DRY SEASON; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; UPLIFT; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84863129813     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.044     Document Type: Article

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