Two-Million-Year Record of Deuterium Depletion in Great Basin Ground Waters
- 1 February 1985
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 227 (4686) , 519-522
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.227.4686.519
Abstract
Fluid inclusions in uranium series-dated calcitic veins from the southern Great Basin record a reduction of 40 per mil in the deuterium content of ground-water recharge during the Pleistocene. This variation is tentatively attributed to major uplift of the Sierra Nevada Range and the Transverse Ranges during this epoch with attendant increasing orographic depletion of deuterium from inland-bound Pacific storms.Keywords
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