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Isotopic Composition (δ18O, δ2H) of Karelian Snow Cover

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The article gives the results of isotopic analysis of the composition of Karelian snow cover, which formed in winter of 2015/2016, and atmospheric precipitation in Petrozavodsk. It is shown that snow composition varies from –15.7 to –21.1‰ for δ18О and from –118 to –158‰ for δ2Н, and the isotopic composition becomes lighter in the direction from south to north in accordance with air temperature drop. The isotopic composition of winter precipitation can be approximately reconstructed by the isotopic composition of snow cover.

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This study was financed by the Federal Budget for implementing the governmental order to the Karelian Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences (Institute of Water Problems of the North, KRC, RAS); the field studies were supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 18-17-00176.

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    G. S. Borodulina & M. A. Levichev

  2. Scientific Park, St. Petersburg State University, 198504, St. Petersburg, Russia

    I. V. Tokarev

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Borodulina, G.S., Tokarev, I.V. & Levichev, M.A. Isotopic Composition (δ18O, δ2H) of Karelian Snow Cover. Water Resour 49 (Suppl 1), S90–S98 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807822070028

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