Stable isotope composition of the meteoric precipitation in Croatia

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 336-345

  Hunjak, Tamara ^a   Lutz, Hans O ^a,b   Roller Lutz, Zvjezdana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

altitude effect; Croatia; hydrogen 2; modelling; oxygen 18; precipitation; water cycle

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER RESOURCE;

CROATIA; RIJEKA;

OXYGEN; RAIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; SEASON;

CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RAIN; SEASONS;

EID: 84885943332     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2013.816697     Document Type: Article

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