Distribution of carbon isotope composition of modern soils on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-297

  Lu, Houyuan ^a   Wu, Naiqin ^a   Gu, Zhaoyan ^a   Guo, Zhengtang ^a   Wang, Luo ^a   Wu, Haibing ^b   Wang, Guoan ^c   Zhou, Liping ^c   Han, Jiamao ^a   Liu, Tungsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Modern soils; Precipitation; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Temperature; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL CARBON; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 9644255722     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOG.0000049343.48087.ac     Document Type: Article

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