Assessing impact of irrigation water on groundwater recharge and quality in arid environment using CFCs, tritium and stable isotopes, in the Zhangye Basin, Northwest China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 194-208

  Qin, Dajun ^a   Qian, Yunping ^b   Han, Liangfeng ^c   Wang, Zhimin ^a   Li, Chen ^a   Zhao, Zhanfeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CFCs; Groundwater age; Groundwater recharge and quality; Irrigation water return; Isotopes; Zhangye

Indexed keywords

CFCS; GROUNDWATER AGE; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND QUALITY; IRRIGATION WATER RETURN; ZHANGYE;

AQUIFERS; BINARY MIXTURES; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS; TRITIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CFC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DATA SET; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; TRITIUM; VADOSE ZONE; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; GANSU; ZHANGYE BASIN;

EID: 79959946944     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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