Stable water isotope variation in a Central Andean watershed dominated by glacier and snowmelt

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1035-1050

  Ohlanders, N ^a   Rodriguez, M ^a   McPhee, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE GRADIENTS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES OF WATER; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

CATCHMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ISOTOPES;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LA NINA; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WATER BUDGET; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ANDES; CHILE;

EID: 84879109821     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1035-2013     Document Type: Article

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