Weathering, Sr fluxes, and controls on water chemistry in the Lake Qinghai catchment, NE Tibetan Plateau

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1057-1070

  Jin, Zhangdong ^a   Wang, Sumin ^b   Zhang, Fei ^a   Shi, Yuewei ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Budget; Catchment weathering; Lake Qinghai; Sr isotopes; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE WATER; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; BUDGET; CHEMICAL COMPONENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; GROUNDWATER FLUXES; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LAKE WATERS; LATE PALEOZOIC; MAGNESIUM CALCITE; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVERS AND LAKES; ROCK SAMPLE; SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS; SR FLUXES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WATER BUDGET; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBONATE MINERALS; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); ISOTOPES; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SILICATES; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

STRONTIUM;

CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER CHEMISTRY;

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

EID: 77954559864     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1964     Document Type: Article

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