Transformation of ENSO-related rainwater to dripwater δ18O variability by vadose water mixing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 7907-7915

  Moerman, Jessica W ^a   Cobb, Kim M ^a   Partin, Judson W ^b   Meckler, A Nele ^c   Carolin, Stacy A ^d   Adkins, Jess F ^e   Lejau, Syria ^f   Malang, Jenny ^f   Clark, Brian ^f   Tuen, Andrew A ^g  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f GunungMulu National Park   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

cave dripwater; forward modeling; karst hydrology; water isotopes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAVES; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MIXING; REPAIR; TIME SERIES;

FORWARD MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; KARST HYDROLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RESIDENCE TIME; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; WATER ISOTOPE;

RAIN;

AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; KARST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; RECONSTRUCTION; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; TRANSFORMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 84923075639     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061696     Document Type: Article

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