A study of soil water movement combining soil water potential with stable isotopes at two sites of shallow groundwater areas in the North China Plain

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1376-1388

  Song, Xianfang ^a   Wang, Shiqin ^a   Xiao, Guoqiang ^b   Wang, Zhimin ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Wang, Peng ^a  

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

^b TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater recharge; North China Plain; Precipitation infiltration; Soil water movement; Soil water potential; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; PRECIPITATION INFILTRATION; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AQUIFERS; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; VAPORS; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RECHARGE; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; HENGSHUI; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 65449147846     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7267     Document Type: Article

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