Major ion chemistry of waters in Lake Qinghai catchments, NE Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Xu, Hai ^a   Hou, Zhaohua ^a   An, Zhisheng ^a   Liu, Xiaoyan ^a   Dong, Jibao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; LAKE WATER; RAINWATER; RIVER WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 73649146587     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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