Two-million-year record of deuterium depletion in Great Basin ground waters
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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 groundwater 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 inlandbound Pacific storms.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Two-million-year record of deuterium depletion in Great Basin ground waters |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.227.4686.519 |
| Volume | 227 |
| Issue | 4686 |
| Year Published | 1985 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 519 |
| Last page | 522 |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Sierra Nevada Range |