Rising springs along the Silk Road

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-246

  Chen, Jian Sheng ^a   Wang, Chi Yuen ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DATA; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; GLACIER MELTING; HEXI CORRIDOR; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ROADS AND STREETS; SILK; WATER RESOURCES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GLACIER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; SPRING (SEASON); WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 69649085465     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25472A.1     Document Type: Article

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