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stable water isotopes

Scope: hydrology

Papers: 11 | Mentions: 29

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Knowledge graph centered on stable water isotopes with 75 nodes and 190 connections. Top connected: Spruce, climate change, Factors Controlling Seasonal Groundwater and Solut, Picea engelmannii, snowpack persistence.

Definition

Naturally occurring isotopes of hydrogen (²H) and oxygen (¹⁸O) in water molecules used to trace water sources and movement through soil-plant systems

Related Terms (10)

δ²Hδ¹⁸Odeuteriumoxygen-18isotope hydrologyδ18Oδ2Hdeuterium excessd-excessisotopic tracing

Publications (13)

Opportunistic short-term water uptake dynamics by subalpine trees observed via in situ water isotope measurements

2025Water Resources Researchframework

Stream water sourcing from high-elevation snowpack inferred from stable isotopes of water: a novel application of d-excess values

2024Hydrology and Earth System Sciencesframework

Variability in observed stable water isotopes in snowpack across a mountainous watershed in Colorado

2022Hydrological Processescentral

Variability in observed stable water isotopes in snowpack across a mountainous watershed in Colorado

2022Hydrological Processesmeasured variable

Modeling snow dynamics and stable water isotopes across mountain landscapes

2022Geophysical Research Letterscentral

Variability of Snow and Rainfall Partitioning Into Evapotranspiration and Summer Runoff Across Nine Mountainous Catchments

2022Geophysical Research Letters,measured

The Colorado East River Community Observatory Data Collection

2021Hydrologic Processesmeasured variable

Related Concepts (10)

snowpack persistence

process19 shared papers

groundwater storage dynamics

process19 shared papers

mountain hydrology

framework13 shared papers

snow water equivalent

measurement11 shared papers

water quality standards

framework11 shared papers

streamflow

process10 shared papers

evapotranspiration

process10 shared papers

isotopic fractionation

process9 shared papers

transit time distributions

measurement8 shared papers

elevation isotopic lapse rate

phenomenon8 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

Spruce

Picea engelmannii

Pinaceae7 papers

Abies lasiocarpa

Pinaceae6 papers

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lodgepole pine

Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Pinaceae2 papers

Pinus contorta

Pinaceae2 papers

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The East River Community Observatory Data Collection: Diverse, multiscale data from a mountainous watershed in the East River, Colorado

2020Authoreameasured variable

Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

2019Journal of Hydrologyframework

Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

2019Journal of Hydrologymeasured variable

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Depth- and time-resolved distributions of snowmelt-driven hillslope subsurface flow and transport and their contributions to surface waters.

2019Water Resources Researchmeasured variable

Factors Controlling Seasonal Groundwater and Solute Flux from Snow-Dominated Basins

2018Hydrological Processesmeasured variable

Late Quaternary Paleoecology of Two High-Elevation Mammal Species from the Southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

2011measured variable