Characteristics of oxygen-18 and deuterium composition in waters from the Pecos River in American Southwest

Chemical Geology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 220-230

  Yuan, Fasong ^a   Miyamoto, Seiichi ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Southwest; Deuterium excess; Evaporation; Pecos River, Total dissolved solids; Stable isotope; Surface water

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEUTERIUM; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER WATER; SNOWMELT; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COLORADO; GULF OF MEXICO; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PECOS RIVER; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PECOS;

EID: 50449093400     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.06.045     Document Type: Article

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