Controls on the δ34S and δ18O of dissolved sulfate in the Quaternary aquifers of the North China Plain

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 400, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 312-322

  Li, Xiaoqian ^a   Zhou, Aiguo ^a   Gan, Yiqun ^a   Yu, Tingting ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Liu, Yunde ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

18OSO4; 34SSO4; Dissimilatory microbial sulfate reduction (DMSR); Dissolved sulfate; Quaternary groundwater

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CENOZOIC; CONFINED AQUIFERS; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DISSIMILATORY MICROBIAL SULFATE REDUCTION (DMSR); DISSOLVED SULFATE; FLOW PATH; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC PARAMETERS; MATRIX; NATURAL FACTORS; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; ORGANIC MATTER; QUATERNARY GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE PROCESS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SULFATE REDUCTION; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AQUIFER; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CENOZOIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED LOAD; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SULFATE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79952814452     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.034     Document Type: Article

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