Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3141-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3141-2015
Research article
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01 Jun 2015
Research article |  | 01 Jun 2015

Distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in surface soils of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: implications of brGDGTs-based proxies in cold and dry regions

S. Ding, Y. Xu, Y. Wang, Y. He, J. Hou, L. Chen, and J.-S. He

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