Distribution of microbial fatty acids and fatty alcohols in soils from an altitude transect of Mt. Jianfengling in Hainan, China: Implication for paleoaltimetry and paleotemperature reconstruction

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 999-1012

  Yang, Huan ^a   Ding, WeiHua ^a   Xie, ShuCheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

anteiso fatty alcohols; microorganism; paleoaltimetry; paleotemperature; wax ester

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; SOILS; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES; FATTY ALCOHOLS; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; PALEOALTIMETRY; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOTEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOTEMPERATURES; WAX ESTERS;

ALCOHOLS;

ALCOHOL; ALTIMETRY; ALTITUDE; ESTER; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CHINA; HAINAN; JIANFENGLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84899931754     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-013-4729-8     Document Type: Article

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