Constraints on water chemistry by chemical weathering in the Lake Qinghai catchment, northeastern Tibetan Plateau (China): Clues from Sr and its isotopic geochemistry

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2037-2048

  Jin, Zhangdong ^a,b   Yu, Jimin ^c   Wang, Sumin ^d   Zhang, Fei ^a   Shi, Yuewei ^e   You, Chen Feng ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^e Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research of Qinghai Province   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; China; Groundwater flow; Hydrochemistry; Tracer tests

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE WATER; LIMESTONE; RIVER WATER; SANDSTONE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRIBUTARY; WATER BUDGET; WATER CHEMISTRY;

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

EID: 71049121503     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0480-9     Document Type: Article

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