Isotopic evolution of a seasonal snowcover and its melt by isotopic exchange between liquid water and ice

Chemical Geology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 126-134

  Lee, Jeonghoon ^a   Feng, Xiahong ^a   Faiia, Anthony M ^a   Posmentier, Eric S ^a   Kirchner, James W ^b,c,d   Osterhuber, Randall ^b   Taylor, Susan ^e  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopic exchange between liquid and ice; Isotopic heterogeneity of a snowpack; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ICE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTING; MELTWATER; METEORIC WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERCOLATION; POREWATER; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 74449088652     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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