Branched and isoprenoid tetraether (BIT) index traces water content along two marsh-soil transects surrounding Lake Qinghai: Implications for paleo-humidity variation

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-81

  Wang, Huanye ^a,b   Liu, Weiguo ^a,c   Zhang, Chuanlun L ^d,e   Liu, Zhonghui ^f   He, Yuxin ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Tongji University   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC AMMONIA OXIDATIONS; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPHIC; LAKE QINGHAI; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; UPLAND SOIL;

AEROBIC BACTERIA; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; SOIL MOISTURE; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; HUMIDITY; ISOPRENOID; LOESS; MARSH; OPEN OCEAN; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PEAT SOIL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHORE (NONMARINE); SOIL WATER; UPLAND REGION; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84877114687     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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