Using major ions and stable isotopes to characterize recharge regime of a fault-influenced aquifer in Beiyishui River Watershed, North China Plain

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 512-521

  Yuan, Ruiqiang ^a,b   Song, Xianfang ^a   Zhang, Yinghua ^a   Han, Dongmei ^a   Wang, Shiqin ^c   Tang, Changyuan ^c  

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

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Normal fault; Recharge; Stable isotope; The North China Plain

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; AVERAGE ELEVATION; FRACTURE WATER; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HYDROCHEMICALS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAJOR IONS; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; NORMAL FAULT; NORMAL FAULTS; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RECHARGE; RIVER WATERSHEDS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STREAMBEDS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; AQUIFER; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED LOAD; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; RUNOFF; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 79960419744     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.048     Document Type: Article

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