Changes in terrestrial ecosystem since 30 Ma in East Asia: Stable isotope evidence from black carbon in the South China Sea

Research Article| December 01, 2003 Changes in terrestrial ecosystem since 30 Ma in East Asia: Stable isotope evidence from black carbon in the South China Sea Guodong Jia; Guodong Jia 1 State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ping'an Peng; Ping'an Peng 1 State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Quanhong Zhao; Quanhong Zhao 2 Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Zhimin Jian Zhimin Jian 2 Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Guodong Jia 1 State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China Ping'an Peng 1 State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China Quanhong Zhao 2 Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China Zhimin Jian 2 Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 02 Jul 2003 Revision Received: 11 Aug 2003 Accepted: 14 Aug 2003 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (2003) 31 (12): 1093–1096. https://doi.org/10.1130/G19992.1 Article history Received: 02 Jul 2003 Revision Received: 11 Aug 2003 Accepted: 14 Aug 2003 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Guodong Jia, Ping'an Peng, Quanhong Zhao, Zhimin Jian; Changes in terrestrial ecosystem since 30 Ma in East Asia: Stable isotope evidence from black carbon in the South China Sea. Geology 2003;; 31 (12): 1093–1096. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G19992.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract A 30 m.y. stable isotopic record of marine-deposited black carbon from regional terrestrial biomass burning from the northern South China Sea reveals photosynthetic pathway evolution for terrestrial ecosystems in the late Cenozoic. This record indicates that C3 plants negatively adjusted their isotopic discrimination and C4 plants appeared gradually as a component of land vegetation in East Asia since the early Miocene, a long time before sudden C4 expansion occurred during the late Miocene to the Pliocene. The changes in terrestrial ecosystems with time can be reasonably related to the evolution of East Asian monsoons, which are thought to have been induced by several intricate mechanisms during the late Cenozoic and could contribute significantly to the post-Miocene marine carbonate isotope decline. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.