Hydrogen and oxygen isotopic compositions of lake water in the western United States

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1179-1189

  Henderson, Anna K ^a   Shuman, Bryan Nolan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPE RECORD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC DATA; LAKE WATERS; MULTIPLE FACTORS; NEW MEXICO; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL NETWORK; SUMMER MONSOON; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; WATER ISOTOPE; WATER SOURCE; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; VAPORS;

LAKES;

GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

COLORADO; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949085970     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26441.1     Document Type: Article

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