Oxygen isotopic ratios of some Himalayan glaciers

V. N. Nijampurkar; N. Bhandari

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v36i4.14912

Oxygen isotopic ratios of some Himalayan glaciers

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 36 (1984): Issue 4

By: V. N. Nijampurkar and N. Bhandari

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|Jan 1984

Abstract

δ¹⁸O in ice cores taken from two temperate glaciers, Changme-Khangpu (CK) and Nehnar, located in the eastern and the western Himalayas respectively, and in fresh precipitation and surface ice at different altitudes on the Changme-Khangpu glacier has been measured. The fresh precipitation in CK has δ¹⁸O in the narrow range of -19 ± 2‰ which is similar to the ice core values. δ¹⁸O and dust concentration in Nehnar core is found to be variable. The δ¹⁸O values lie in the narrow range of -9.5 ± 1 ‰ in the upper 46 m section and the fluctuations increase in the 66-102 m section of the ice core.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v36i4.14912 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 300 - 302

Submitted on: Jan 12, 1984

Accepted on: Mar 27, 1984

Published on: Jan 1, 1984

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1984 V. N. Nijampurkar, N. Bhandari, published by Stockholm University Press
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