Seasonal moisture sources and the isotopic composition of precipitation, rivers, and carbonates across the Andes at 32.5-35.5°S

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 962-978

  Hoke, Gregory D ^a   Aranibar, Julieta N ^b,c   Viale, Maximiliano ^b,d   Araneo, Diego C ^b   Llano, Carina ^e  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^d Departamento de Antropología Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael ^*  (Argentina)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andes; pedogenic carbonate; precipitation; rivers; South America; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; LASERS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WATER RESOURCES;

ANDES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; PRECIPITATION SAMPLES; RAYLEIGH FRACTIONATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

RIVERS;

CARBONATE SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MOISTURE; PEDOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; MENDOZA;

EID: 84878403196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20045     Document Type: Article

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