Correlations between microbial tetraether lipids and environmental variables in Chinese soils: Optimizing the paleo-reconstructions in semi-arid and arid regions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-69

  Yang, Huan ^a,b   Pancost, Richard D ^b   Dang, Xinyue ^a   Zhou, Xinying ^c   Evershed, Richard P ^b   Xiao, Guoqiao ^a   Tang, Changyan ^a   Gao, Li ^d   Guo, Zhengtang ^e   Xie, Shucheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ARIDITY; BACTERIUM; CALIBRATION; COMPLEXITY; ETHER; LIPID; LOESS; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; PALEOSOL; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PH; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROPERTY;

CHINA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84890077836     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.10.041     Document Type: Article

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