Characteristics of δ 13C DIC in lakes on the Tibetan Plateau and its implications for the carbon cycle

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 535-543

  Lei, Yanbin ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a   Sheng, Yongwei ^b   Zhang, Enlou ^c   Wang, Weicai ^a   Li, Junli ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

13C DIC; Carbon cycle; Closed lakes; Spatial variation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON CYCLES; CARBONATE WEATHERING; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DRIVING FACTORS; EQUILIBRIUM VALUE; FRESH WATER LAKES; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LAKE WATERS; QIANGTANG; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VOLUME VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; ISOTOPES;

LAKES;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EVAPORATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84856258628     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8152     Document Type: Article

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