Variations of δ18O in precipitation of the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 510-517

  Liu, Zhongfang ^a   Tian, Lide ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a   Gong, Tongliang ^b   Yin, Changliang ^a   Yu, Wusheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Institute of Tibetan Water Resource Reconnaissance and Designing   (China)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Temporal and spatial variations; Yarlung Zangbo River basin; 18O

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

NUXIA;

EID: 34548140569     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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