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A short lake sedimentary core and ice core were recovered from Lake Chen Co and Noijingangsang Glacier, respectively, in the Lake Yamdrok watershed of the southern Tibetan Plateau. Hydrogen isotope ratios of the ice core (δDice) and δD values of terrestrial n-alkanes (δDwax) in the sediments showed a linear correlation (R 2 = 0.41, P = 0.047) over the past 80 years, indicating the effect of hydrogen isotope ratios of precipitation (δDp) on δDwax. However, apparent fractionation (ɛ wax-p) values of δDwax relative to δDice increased with decreasing ice core accumulation (amount of precipitation; R 2 = 0.65, P = 0.0051), revealing that dry or wet climate variation had a significant impact on δDwax. Thus, precipitation amount and δDp are both important in determining δDwax.
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Xie, Y., Xu, B., Wu, G. et al. Influence of variation in precipitation on the δD values of terrestrial n-alkanes on the southern Tibetan Plateau. Chin. Sci. Bull. 57, 2140–2147 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-012-5012-7
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