Origin and recharge estimates of groundwater in the Ordos Plateau, People's Republic of China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1731-1738

  Lihe, Yin ^a   Guangcai, Hou ^a   Zhengping, Tao ^a   Ying, Li ^a  

^a CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater origin; Ordos Plateau; Recharge estimate

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORDOS PLATEAU; ORIGIN IDENTIFICATION; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; PLATEAU REGION; PRECIPITATION SAMPLES; RECHARGE ESTIMATES; RECHARGE RATES; SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER;

COAL DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MINERAL RESOURCES; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; CHLORIDE; COAL; DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HALITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; METEORIC WATER; MINERAL RESOURCE; NATURAL GAS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; ORDOS;

EID: 77953630075     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0310-3     Document Type: Article

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