Determining groundwater degradation from irrigation in desert-marginal northern China

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1939-1952

  Dochartaigh, Brighid E Ó ^a   Macdonald, Alan M ^a   Darling, William G ^a   Hughes, Andrew G ^a   Li, Jin X ^b   Shi, Li A ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c Alxa League AusAID Project Management Office   (China)

Author keywords

Arid regions; China; Groundwater age; Hydrochemistry; Irrigation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DEGRADATION; DESERT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INFLOW; IRRIGATION; MINERALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 78649694096     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0644-7     Document Type: Article

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