Tracing the major source area of the mountainous runoff generation of the Heihe River in northwest China using stable isotope technique

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2751-2757

  Wang, Ning Lian ^a   Zhang, Shi Biao ^a   He, Jian Qiao ^a   Pu, Jian Chen ^a   Wu, Xiao Bo ^a   Jiang, Xi ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Heihe River; Mountainous runoff; Qilian Mountains; Stable isotope tracing technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952811331     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0505-8     Document Type: Article

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