Glacier meltwater runoff process analysis using δD and δ18O isotope and chemistry at the remote Laohugou glacier basin in western Qilian Mountains, China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 722-734

  Wang, Caixia ^a   Dong, Zhiwen ^b   Qin, Xiang ^b,c   Zhang, Jie ^a   Du, Wentao ^b,c   Wu, Jinkui ^b  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

chemistry; meltwater runoff; runoff process; stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964786237     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-016-1295-y     Document Type: Article

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