Global increase in plant carbon isotope fractionation following the last glacial maximum caused by increase in atmospheric pCO2

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 435-438

  Schubert, Brian A ^a   Hope Jahren, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; ISOTOPES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PLANT TISSUES; TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS; TIME-SCALES;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

CARBON ISOTOPE; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84929463910     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36467.1     Document Type: Article

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