Insight into the reasons of leaf wax δD n-alkane values between grasses and woods

Science Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 549-555

  Liu, Jinzhao ^a,b   Liu, Weiguo ^a,b   An, Zhisheng ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen isotope; Leaf water; Leaf wax; n Alkane; Pant; Soil water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941039946     PISSN: 20959273     EISSN: 20959281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0683-x     Document Type: Article

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