Impacts of environmental flow controls on the water table and groundwater chemistry in the Ejina Delta, northwestern China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-24

  Wang, Ping ^a   Yu, Jingjie ^a   Zhang, Yichi ^a   Fu, Guobin ^a   Min, Leilei ^a,b   Ao, Fei ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ejina Delta, Heihe River Basin; Environmental flow controls; Groundwater environment; Groundwater level; Hydrochemistry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; EJINA BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER LEVEL; HEIHE RIVER; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; INLAND RIVER BASIN; NORTHERN REGIONS; NORTHWEST CHINA; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING; WATER TABLES;

ARID REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PLANNING; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARID REGION; DEPOCENTER; FIELDWORK; FLOW CONTROL; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MINERALIZATION; RIVER BASIN; SALINITY; SHALLOW WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

CHINA; EJINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 80051665696     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0811-0     Document Type: Article

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