Using stable isotopes to determine the water sources in alpine ecosystems on the east Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3270-3280

  Zhang, Wenguang ^a   Cheng, Bin ^b   Hu, Zhibin ^c   An, Shuqing ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a   Zhao, Yongjun ^a   Cui, Jun ^a   Xu, Qing ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Deuterium excess; Secondarily evaporated water; Stable isotope; Water sources

Indexed keywords

ALPINE MEADOW; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; LARGE PARTS; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; RAIN EVENTS; RAINY SEASONS; SECONDARILY EVAPORATED WATER; SHRUBLANDS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; THROUGHFALL; WATER CIRCULATION; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SOURCE; WATER SOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DEUTERIUM; ECOSYSTEMS;

RAIN;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CIRCULATION; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSPIRATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78649513516     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7754     Document Type: Article

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