The clumped isotope geothermometer in soil and paleosol carbonate

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-107

  Quade, J ^a   Eiler, J ^b   Daeron M ^c   Achyuthan, H ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBONATE; DEWATERING; DIAGENESIS; GEOTHERMOMETRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOSOL; RECONSTRUCTION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SEASONALITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARIZONA; CHINA; INDIA; NEVADA; PAKISTAN; UNITED STATES; XIZANG;

EID: 84872331981     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.031     Document Type: Article

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