Trace elements and environmental isotopes as tracers of surface water-groundwater interaction: A case study at Xin'an karst water system, Shanxi Province, Northern China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1223-1234

  Gao, Xubo ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Wu, Penglin ^a,b   Guo, Qinghai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Taiyuan Industrial College   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater interaction; Silica; Sr isotope; Surface water; The xin'an karst water system

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; SILICA; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATERWORKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL STUDIES; KARST WATER; SR ISOTOPES; STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; KARST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; QUATERNARY; SILICA; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER;

CHINA; SHANXI; XINAN SPRING;

EID: 77955159750     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0111-8     Document Type: Article

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