Oxygen isotope variation in the water cycle of the Yamzho lake Basin in southern Tibetan Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2758-2765

  Gao, Jing ^a,b   Tian, Li De ^a   Liu, Yong Qin ^a   Gong, Tong Liang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Water Resources Survey and Hydrology Bureau of Tibet   (China)

Author keywords

18O; Evaporation; Lake water; Relative humidity; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952793969     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0487-6     Document Type: Article

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