Stable isotopes reveal sources of precipitation in the Qinghai Lake Basin of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 527-528, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-37

  Cui, Bu Li ^a,b   Li, Xiao Yan ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deuterium excess; Moisture cycling; Precipitation; Stable isotope; The Qinghai Lake Basin

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DEUTERIUM EXCESS; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; MOISTURE CYCLING; NORTHEASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAUX; QINGHAI LAKE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

LAKES;

DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN 18; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CHINA; COLD CLIMATE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LAKE; LAKE BASIN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LOCAL METEORIC WATER LINE; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHEAST ASIAN MOONSOON; SUMMER; WATER CYCLE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER VAPOR; WESTERLY CIRCULATION; WINTER;

CHINA; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TANGGULA MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 84929492590     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.105     Document Type: Article

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