Oxygen and hydrogen isotopic variations between adjacent drips in three caves at increasing elevation in a temperate coastal rainforest, Vancouver Island, Canada

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 172, Issue , 2016, Pages 370-386

  Beddows, Patricia A ^a,b   Mandić, Magda ^c,d   Ford, Derek C ^a   Schwarcz, Henry P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Rijeka Radmile   (Croatia)

^d THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELEVATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC COAST [CANADA]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 84946423344     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.08.017     Document Type: Article

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