Isotopic and geochemical evidence of recharge sources and water quality in the Quaternary aquifer beneath Jinchang city, NW China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 996-1007

  Ma, Jinzhu ^a   Pan, Feng ^a   Chen, Lihua ^a,b   Edmunds, W Mike ^c   Ding, Zhenyu ^a   He, Jianhua ^a   Zhou, Kunpeng ^a   Huang, Tianming ^a,d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; ANION SPECIES; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; DISSOLVED SOLIDS; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; GOBI DESERT; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; NON-RENEWABLE; NW CHINA; PALAEOWATER; RIVER BASINS; SCIENTIFIC RESULTS; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; WATER ALLOCATIONS;

AQUIFERS; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED MATTER; DOLOMITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; QUATERNARY; RECHARGE; RIVER BASIN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; GANSU; JINCHANG;

EID: 77954861613     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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