Spatial patterns of soil n-alkane δd values on the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for monsoon boundaries and paleoelevation reconstructions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Bai, Yan ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Tian, Qian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; PARAFFINS;

CIRCULATION CHANGES; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; ISOTOPE VALUES; LAPSE RATE; N-ALKANES; PALEOELEVATION; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; RIVER WATER; RIVER WATER SAMPLES; SOIL SAMPLE; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUMMER MONSOON; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 84868307700     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017803     Document Type: Article

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