Stable isotopes of lakes and precipitation along an altitudinal gradient in the Eastern Alps

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 187-198

  Flaim, Giovanna ^a   Camin, Federica ^a   Tonon, Agostino ^a   Obertegger, Ulrike ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Isotopic fingerprint; LEL; LMWL; Trentino South Tyrol

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE WATER; METEORIC WATER; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; EASTERN ALPS; TYROL;

EID: 84889637482     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9855-z     Document Type: Article

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