Stable isotopes of modern water across the Himalaya and eastern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for estimates of paleoelevation and paleoclimate

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bershaw, John ^a   Penny, Sandra M ^b   Garzione, Carmala N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; DISTILLATION; METEOROLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING;

AIR MASS; AIR PARCELS; BACK TRAJECTORIES; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HIMALAYAS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; ISOTOPE EVOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LARGE RIVERS; METEORIC WATERS; MODERN CONTROL; PALEOALTIMETRY; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOELEVATION; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

AIR MASS; DEUTERIUM; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIOCENE; MIXING; MOISTURE FLUX; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; TRANSECT;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84856605564     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016132     Document Type: Article

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