Hydrogeochemistry of three watersheds (the Erlqis, Zhungarer and Yili) in northern Xinjiang, NW China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1535-1548

  Zhu, Bingqi ^a,b   Yang, Xiaoping ^b   Rioual, Patrick ^b   Qin, Xiaoguang ^b   Liu, Ziting ^b   Xiong, Heigang ^c   Yu, Jingjie ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI EARTH METAL; CATION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; DISSOLUTION PROCESS; EVAPORATION PROCESS; EVAPORITES; FOCUS OF ATTENTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN POPULATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MEAN VALUES; NA/CL RATIO; NATURAL WATERS; NW CHINA; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; REGIONAL SCALE; SATURATION INDEX; SILICATE WEATHERING; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER DEMAND; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; XINJIANG; YELLOW RIVER;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARID REGIONS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; POTABLE WATER; SILICATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

LANDFORMS;

ABSORPTION; ALKALINITY; CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE BASIN; EVAPORATION; EVAPORITE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC COMPOSITION; LEACHING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIEDMONT; SILICATE; SOLUTE; WATER DEMAND; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED; WEATHERING PROFILE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 79961022053     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.06.018     Document Type: Article

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