Occurrence of soluble salts and moisture in the unsaturated zone and groundwater hydrochemistry along the middle and lower reaches of the Heihe River in northwest China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1085-1093

  Zhou, Xun ^a   Fang, Bin ^a   Wan, Li ^a   Cao, Wenbing ^a   Wu, Shengjun ^a   Feng, Weidong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arid environment; China; Heihe River; Hydrochemistry; Soluble salts; Unsaturated zone; Water content

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CHINA; HEIHE RIVER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SOLUBLE SALTS; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER CONTENT;

GROUNDWATER;

ARID REGION; DEFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IONIC COMPOSITION; POPULATION GROWTH; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL PROFILE; VADOSE ZONE; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCE;

DEFORESTATION; GROUND WATER; MOISTURE; PLANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

EID: 33746910894     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0282-5     Document Type: Article

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