Controls on oxygen isotope variability in precipitation and cave drip waters, central Texas, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 385, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 203-215

  Pape, James R ^a   Banner, Jay L ^a   Mack, Lawrence E ^a   Musgrove, MaryLynn ^a   Guilfoyle, Amber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amount effect; Cave drip water; Central Texas; Oxygen isotopes; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT EFFECT; AVERAGE VALUES; CENTRAL TEXAS; GULF OF MEXICO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC DATA; METEORIC WATERS; NEW MEXICO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS; PRECIPITATION SAMPLES; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE REGION; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER SAMPLES; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; OXYGEN;

CAVES;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RESIDENCE TIME; SPELEOTHEM; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950862150     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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