Space and time variation of δ18O andδD in precipitation: Can paleotemperature be estimated from ice cores?

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 851-861

  Hendricks, M B ^a,b,c   DePaolo, D J ^a,b   Cohen, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0033761986     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GB001198     Document Type: Article

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