δ18O and δD of streamwaters across the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau: Implications for moisture sources and paleoelevation reconstructions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 20-32

  Hren, Michael T ^a   Bookhagen, Bodo ^b   Blisniuk, Peter M ^c   Booth, Amanda L ^d   Chamberlain, C Page ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Himalaya; isotopes; paleoaltimetry; paleoelevation; precipitation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

HIMALAYA; PALEOALTIMETRY; PALEOELEVATION; PRECIPITATION; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

CATCHMENTS; ISOTOPES; RUNOFF;

MOISTURE;

AIR MASS; ALTIMETRY; ELEVATION; MOISTURE; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 70350780080     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.041     Document Type: Article

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