Zhao, Cheng , Yu, Zicheng , Zhao, Yan , Ito, Emi , Kodama, Kenneth P. , Chen, Fahu

Zhao, C., Yu, Z., Zhao, Y., Ito, E., Kodama, K. P. and Chen, F.: Holocene millennial-scale climate variations documented by multiple lake-level proxies in sediment cores from Hurleg Lake, Northwest China, Journal of Paleolimnology, 44(4), 995–1008, doi:10.1007/s10933-010-9469-6, 2010.

Holocene millennial-scale climate variations documented by multiple lake-level proxies in sediment cores from Hurleg Lake, Northwest China

Kiel automated device for isotope ratio mass spectrometry on a Finnegan Delta XL,

D18O variations reflect changing water balance between groudwater inflow and water loss by evaporation (wet-dry cycles).High effective moisture supports more westerly storm trajectories and increased moisture delivery to the central Interior Yukon.

Recent observations of lake-water d18O, lake level, river discharge, and climate variations, suggest that changes in regional effective moisture (precipitation minus evaporation) are reflected by the lakes hydrologic balance. The observations indicate that the lake is currently 18O-enriched by summer evaporation and that during years of increased precipitation, when groundwater inflow rates to the lake increase, lakewater d18O values decrease.

Isotope Mass Balance model of Shapley et al., 2008

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