Biomarkers record environmental changes along an altitudinal transect in the wettest place on Earth

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-99

  Ernst, Nora ^a   Peterse, Francien ^a   Breitenbach, Sebastian F M ^a   Syiemlieh, Hiambok J ^b   Eglinton, Timothy I ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL TRANSECT; CLIMATIC INDICATORS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MONSOONAL PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION GRADIENTS; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY;

ALKYLATION; CALIBRATION; GLYCEROL; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIOMARKER; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LIMITING FACTOR; PALEOLATITUDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TYPE; TRANSECT; VEGETATION TYPE; WAX;

INDIA; MEGHALAYA;

EID: 84879515265     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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