Water balance of the Indus River Basin and moisture source in the Karakoram and western Himalayas: Implications from hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in river water

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2002, Pages ACH-9-1-ACH-9-12

  Karim, Ajaz ^a   Veizer, Jan ^b,c  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

1655 Global Change: Water cycles (1836); 1836 Hydrology: Hydrologic budget (1655); 4870 Oceanography; Biological and Chemical: Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEN; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; TRANSPIRATION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURFACE WATER; WATER BUDGET;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDUS BASIN; KARAKORAM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646504386     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000253     Document Type: Article

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