Temporal trends in the stable isotope composition of precipitation: A comparison between the eastern Mediterranean and central Europe

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 199-207

  Lykoudis, S P ^a,b   Argiriou, A A ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79960626818     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0384-6     Document Type: Article

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