The altitude effect of δ 18O in precipitation and river water in the Southern Himalayas

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1693-1698

  Wen, Rong ^a,b   Tian, Li De ^a   Weng, Yong Biao ^a,b   Liu, Zhong Fang ^c   Zhao, Zhong Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

18O; isotopic lapse rate; precipitation; river water; southern Himalayas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862785014     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-4992-7     Document Type: Article

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