Groundwater in the Tibet Plateau, western China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Ge, S ^a   Wu, Q B ^b   Lu, N ^c   Jiang, G L ^b   Ball, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

BASE FLOWS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS; FAULT ZONES; GROUNDWATER DISCHARGES; HIGH ELEVATIONS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES; TIBET PLATEAUX; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; WATER CYCLES; WATER CYCLING;

REPLENISHMENT (WATER RESOURCES);

BASEFLOW; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RECHARGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

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

EID: 57849120798     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034809     Document Type: Article

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