Spatial characteristics of water quality, stable isotopes and tritium associated with groundwater flow in the Hutuo River alluvial fan plain of the North China Plain

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1003-1015

  Lu, Yintao ^a   Tang, Changyuan ^a   Chen, Jianyao ^b   Song, Xianfang ^c   Li, Fadong ^a   Sakura, Yasuo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

China; Groundwater flow; North China Plain; Stable isotopes; Tritium

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRITIUM; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUTUO RIVER; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 48449100806     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0292-3     Document Type: Article

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