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Stable oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in sub-Arctic lake wateras from northern Sweden
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- Jonsson, Christina E. (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)
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- Leng, Melanie J. (author)
- NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory , BGS, UK
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- Rosqvist, Gunhild C. (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)
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- Seibert, Jan (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)
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- Arrowsmith, Carol (author)
- NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, BGS, UK
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- Elsevier BV, 2009
- 2009
- English.
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In: Journal of Hydrology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0022-1694 .- 1879-2707. ; 376:1-2, s. 143-151
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- Lakes in sub-Arctic regions have the potential of retaining many different aspects of water isotope composition in their sediments which can be used for palaeoclimate reconstruction. It is therefore important to understand the modern isotope hydrology of these lakes. Here we discuss the significance of variations in water isotope composition of a series of lakes located in north-west Swedish Lapland. Climate in this region is forced by changes in the North Atlantic which renders it an interesting area for climate reconstructions. We compare δ18Olake and δ2Hlake collected between 2001 and 2006 and show that the lakes in this sub-Arctic region are currently mainly recharged by shallow groundwater and precipitation which undergoes little subsequent evaporation, and that the d18O and δ2H composition of input to the majority of the lakes varies on a seasonal basis between winter precipitation (and spring thaw) and summer precipitation. Seasonal variations in the isotopic composition of the lake waters are larger in lakes with short residence times (<6 months), which react faster to seasonal changes in the precipitation, compared to lakes with longer residence times (>6 months), which retain an isotopic signal closer to that of annual mean precipitation. Lake waters also show a range of isotope values between sites due to catchment elevation and timing of snow melt. The lake water data collected in this study was supported by isotope data from lake waters, streams and ground waters from1995 to 2000 reported in other studies.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Naturgeografi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Physical Geography (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Stable isotopes
- 18O/16O
- 2H/H
- surface waters
- Sub-Arctic lakes
- Northern Sweden
- Physical geography
- Naturgeografi
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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