A method for estimating the contribution of evaporative vapor from Nam Co to local atmospheric vapor based on stable isotopes of water bodies

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1511-1517

  Xu, YanWei ^a   Kang, ShiChang ^a,b   Zhang, YuLan ^a   Zhang, YongJun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

atmospheric vapor; evaporation; excess deuterium; Nam Co; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955777925     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4467-2     Document Type: Article

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