An experimental evaluation of the use of C3 σ 13C plant tissue as a proxy for the paleoatmospheric d 13CO2 signature of air

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lomax, B H ^a   Knight, C A ^b   Lake, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Ci Ca; Stomata

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; PILOT PLANTS; TISSUE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CI/CA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION; STOMATA;

WATER TREATMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAF; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PLANT; STOMATA; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84867037585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004174     Document Type: Article

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