Groundwater and lake evolution in the Badain Jaran Desert ecosystem, Inner Mongolia

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1231-1243

  Ma, Jinzhu ^a   Edmunds, W Michael ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badain Jaran Desert; Groundwater recharge; Hydrochemistry; Paleohydrology; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LAKE EVOLUTION; MASS BALANCE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 33751251067     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-006-0045-0     Document Type: Article

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