Estimating groundwater recharge in a cold desert environment in northern China using chloride

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 893-910

  Gates, John B ^a   Edmunds, W M ^a   Ma, Jinzhu ^b   Scanlon, Bridget R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid regions; China; Chloride mass balance; Groundwater recharge; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CHLORIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; RECHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER BUDGET;

ASIA; BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 48449084771     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0264-z     Document Type: Article

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