A preliminary Study of Stable Isotope Cycle Processes in Lake Water in the Yamzho Lake Basin
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The stable isotope change in the Yamzho Lake Basin is discussed based on the observed results of stable isotope of precipitation,river and lake water in 2004 and on the stable isotope fractionation model in a closed lake.This study shows that the present-5.9‰ of Yamzho Lake δ18O is related to the eventual steady lake δ18O after evaporation enrichment under the relative humidity of around 54%~58%.It is also found that the input δ18O to the closed lake has also affected the eventual δ18O after evaporation enrichment.However,the impact of the lake water temperature has little effect on the steady lake δ18O.The lake itself has a strong adjustment to the input δ18O change.For the large change of input δ18O,the Yamzho Lake δ18O can reach another steady state in less than 50 years.Keywords:
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