Evaporative enrichment of oxygen-18 and deuterium in lake waters on the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-307

  Yuan, Fasong ^a   Sheng, Yongwei ^b   Yao, Tandong ^c   Fan, Chaojun ^a   Li, Junli ^b   Zhao, Hui ^d   Lei, Yanbin ^c  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deuterium excess; Evaporative enrichment; Isotopic model; Lake water; Stable isotope; Tibetan Plateau; Total dissolved solids

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLVED LOAD; EVAPORATION; EVAPORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; METEORIC WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79960733893     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9540-y     Document Type: Article

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