Water isotope variations in the snow pack and summer precipitation at July 1 Glacier, Qilian Mountains in northwest China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2963-2972

  Zhou, Shiqiao ^a,b   Nakawo, Masayoshi ^c   Sakai, Akiko ^d   Matsuda, Yoshihiro ^d   Duan, Keqin ^e   Pu, Jianchen ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Deuterium excess; Firn; July 1 Glacier; Meteoric water line; Precipitation; Qilian Mountains; Snow; Stable isotopes; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548944425     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0401-z     Document Type: Article

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