From accumulation to discharge: Modification of stable isotopes during glacial and post-glacial processes

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1423-1438

  Stichler, W ^a   Schotterer, U ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GSF Institute of Hydrology ^*

Author keywords

Alpine ice core records; Hydrograph separation; Snow cover processes; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; ICE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; TRITIUM; WATER;

ALPINE ICE CORE RECORDS; GLACIAL DISCHARGE; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; POST GLACIAL PROCESS; SNOW COVER PROCESS; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER CYCLE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DISCHARGE; HYDROGRAPH; ICE CORE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

EID: 0034212623     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1085(20000615)14:8<1423::AID-HYP991>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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