Study of altitudinal lapse rates of δ18O in precipitation/river water with seasons on the southeast Tibetan Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2742-2750

  Yang, Xiao Xin ^a,b   Xu, Bai Qing ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Qu, Dong Mei ^a   Lin, Ping Nan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18O; Altitude effect; Indian monsoon; Precipitation; River water; Southeast Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952796588     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0496-5     Document Type: Article

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