A survey of groundwater levels and hydrogeochemistry in irrigated fields in the Karamay Agricultural Development Area, northwest China: Implications for soil and groundwater salinity resulting from surface water transfer for irrigation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 217-234

  Han, Dongmei ^a   Song, Xianfang ^a   Currell, Matthew J ^b   Cao, Guoliang ^c   Zhang, Yinghua ^a   Kang, Yuehu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid region; Groundwater storage; Hydrochemistry; Irrigation; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AQUIFER DYNAMICS; AQUIFER WATER; CAREFUL MANAGEMENT; FELDSPAR WEATHERING; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUND WATER TABLE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; HEAVY RAIN EVENT; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATED FIELDS; IRRIGATION WATERS; IRTYSH RIVER; NORTHWEST CHINA; RIVER WATER; SALINITY MANAGEMENT; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SOIL SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER BUDGET; WATER QUANTITIES; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; WATER TABLES; WATER TRANSFERS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; BUDGET CONTROL; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEAVY WATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRRIGATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RAIN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHERING;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORIDE; EVAPORATION; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; RECHARGE; RISK FACTOR; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SODIUM; SOIL TYPE; SURFACE WATER; SURVEY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER BUDGET; WATER QUALITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

CHINA;

EID: 79960399845     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.052     Document Type: Article

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