Limits to recharge of groundwater from Tibetan plateau to the Gobi desert, implications for water management in the mountain front

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 128-141

  Ma, Jinzhu ^a   Ding, Zhenyu ^a   Edmunds, W Mike ^b   Gates, John B ^b   Huang, Tianming ^a,c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Gobi desert; Groundwater recharge; Isotope; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; GYPSUM; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LANDFORMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRITIUM; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALLUVIAL FANS; ANION SPECIES; ANNUAL RAINFALLS; CHLORIDE MASS BALANCES; DISSOLVED IONS; DISSOLVED SOLIDS; GOBI DESERT; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITIONS; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENTS; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; RECHARGE RATES; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAUX; TRANSIT TIMES; TRITIUM ACTIVITIES; UNSATURATED ZONE;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

CALCITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GYPSUM; ISOTOPE; RAINFALL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 57649201039     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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