Spatial variability in stable isotope values of surface waters of Eastern Canada and New England

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 511, Issue , 2014, Pages 594-604

  Timsic, Sandra ^a   Patterson, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Deuterium excess; Eastern Canada; Oxygen; Paleoclimate; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM EXCESS; EASTERN CANADA; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; PALEO-ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; PALEOCLIMATES; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

DEUTERIUM; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

LAKES;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTOUR MAP; DEUTERIUM; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER;

CANADA; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897635981     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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