Isotopic variation in the lake water balance at the Yamdruk-tso basin, southern Tibetan Plateau

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3386-3392

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

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Water Resources Survey and Hydrology Bureau of Tibet   (China)

Author keywords

Inland lake; Lake water balance; Stable isotope; Tibetan Plateau; Yamdruk tso basin

Indexed keywords

INLAND LAKE; LAKE WATER BALANCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIBETAN PLATEAU; YAMDRUK-TSO BASIN;

ISOTOPES;

ENRICHMENT; EVAPORATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INLAND SEA; LAKE WATER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER BUDGET;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YAMDRUK LAKE;

EID: 50449093007     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6919     Document Type: Article

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