Conceptual model of recharge to southeastern Badain Jaran Desert groundwater and lakes from environmental tracers

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3519-3534

  Gates, John B ^a   Edmunds, W Mike ^a   Darling, W George ^b   Ma, Jinzhu ^c   Pang, Zhonghe ^d   Young, Adam A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LANDFORMS; REPLENISHMENT (WATER RESOURCES); UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHLORIDE MASS BALANCES; CONCEPTUAL MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GROUNDWATER RECHARGES; MEAN RESIDENCE TIMES; MOUNTAIN RANGES; PHREATIC; SENSITIVE AREAS; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATERS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STARTING COMPOSITIONS; STUDY AREAS; UNSATURATED ZONES; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESERT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE; OASIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECHARGE; RESIDENCE TIME; TRACER; WATER PLANNING;

ASIA; BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; YABULAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 56649106472     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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