Leaf wax stable isotopes from Northern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for uplift and climate since 15 Ma

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 390, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-198

  Zhuang, Guangsheng ^a,b   Brandon, Mark T ^a   Pagani, Mark ^a   Krishnan, Srinath ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogen isotope; N alkane; Paleoaltimetry; Paleoclimate; Qaidam

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; N-ALKANES; PALEOALTIMETRY; PALEOCLIMATES; QAIDAM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEN; PARAFFINS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ISOTOPES;

ALKANE; ALTIMETRY; ARIDITY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84893393385     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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