Spatial distribution and seasonal variation in 18O/16O of modern precipitation and river water across the conterminous USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4121-4146

  Dutton, Andrea ^a,b   Wilkinson, Bruce H ^a   Welker, Jeffrey M ^c   Bowen, Gabriel J ^d   Lohmann, Kyger C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteoric water; Oxygen; Precipitation; Rivers; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; INTERPOLATION; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATERSHEDS;

METEORIC WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

RIVERS;

CATCHMENTS; INTERPOLATION; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30744454558     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5876     Document Type: Article

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