Topsoil C/N ratios in the Qilian Mountains area: Implications for the use of subaqueous sediment C/N ratios in paleo-environmental reconstructions to indicate organic sources

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 426, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Zhao, Yan ^a,b   Wu, Fuli ^a,c   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,c,d   Yang, Yibo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

C N ratios; Organic matter sources; Paleo environmental reconstruction; Qilian Mountains; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NITROGEN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; SHIYANG BASIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84924747076     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.02.038     Document Type: Article

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