δ18O records in water vapor and an ice core from the eastern Pamir Plateau: Implications for paleoclimate reconstructions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 456, Issue , 2016, Pages 146-156

  Yu, Wusheng ^a,b   Tian, Lide ^a,b   Risi, Camille ^c   Yao, Tandong ^a,b   Ma, Yaoming ^a,b   Zhao, Huabiao ^a,b   Zhu, Haifeng ^a,b   He, You ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^a,b   Zhang, Hongbo ^a   Qu, Dongmei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

eastern Pamir Plateau; ice core; water vapor; 18O

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; WATER VAPOR;

EASTERN PAMIR PLATEAU; ICE CORE; INDIAN MONSOON; MOISTURE SOURCES; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; STUDY AREAS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; ICE CORE; MOISTURE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER VAPOR; WESTERLY;

CHINA; PAMIRS; TAXKORGAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84994360745     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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