Oxygen- and hydrogen-isotopic ratios of water in precipitation: Beyond paleothermometry

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue , 2001, Pages 526-553

  Alley, Richard B ^a   Cuffey, Kurt M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34748892420     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/gsrmg.43.1.527     Document Type: Article

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