Estimating groundwater recharge in Hebei Plain, China under varying land use practices using tritium and bromide tracers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 209-222

  Wang, Bingguo ^a   Jin, Menggui ^a   Nimmo, John R ^b   Yang, Lei ^a   Wang, Wenfeng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied tracer; Bromide; Groundwater recharge; Hebei Plain; Tritium

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; TRITIUM;

APPLIED TRACER; BROMIDE; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE;

HYDROLOGY;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; TRITIUM;

BROMIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LAND USE CHANGE; RECHARGE; SOIL TYPE; TRACER; TRITIUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; HEBEI PLAIN;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; PRUNUS PERSICA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44749088251     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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