The influence of snow sublimation on the isotopic composition of spring and surface waters in the southwestern United States: Implications for stable isotope-based paleoaltimetry and hydrologic studies

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 318-334

  Lechler, Alex R ^a,b   Niemi, Nathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; BASIN AND RANGE; CENTRAL BASIN; EASTERN SIDE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; METEORIC WATERS; OROGRAPHIC RAIN SHADOWS; PALEOALTIMETRY; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOELEVATION; PALEOPRECIPITATION; PROXY RECORDS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION; SIERRA NEVADA; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; SNOWMELT; SOIL WATER; SPRING WATER; STANDARD MEAN OCEAN WATERS; WATER SYSTEM; WESTERN SIDE; WINTER PRECIPITATION; WINTER SEASONS; WINTER SNOWPACK;

DISTILLATION; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RAIN; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBLIMATION; SURFACE WATERS; WATERWORKS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ALTIMETRY; ELEVATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SNOW; SNOWPACK; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBLIMATION; SURFACE WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863522290     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30467.1     Document Type: Article

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