Groundwater fluctuations induced by ecological water conveyance in the lower Tarim River, Xinjiang, China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 726-732

  Ye, Z X ^a   Chen, Y N ^a   Li, W H ^a   Yan, Y ^b   Wan, J H ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental river; Groundwater depth; Recharge volume; Transmission loss per unit river length

Indexed keywords

INSTREAM FLOW; RECHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE;

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

EID: 67349116053     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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