Impact of anthropogenic activities on the hydrologic characters of the mainstream of the Tarim River in Xinjiang during the past 50 years

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 435-445

  Hao, Xing Ming ^a   Chen, Ya Ning ^a   Li, Wei Hong ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater depth; Human activities; Streamflow; Tarim River; Total dissolved solids; Xinjiang, China

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

GROUNDWATER DEPTH; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; TARIM RIVER; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; XINJIANG, CHINA;

STREAM FLOW;

DISSOLVED LOAD; HEADWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; WATER DEPTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 60449084464     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1314-0     Document Type: Article

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