Isotopic constraints on the origin of groundwater in the Ordos Basin of northern China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 505-517

  Chen, Jiansheng ^a,c   Liu, Xiaoyan ^b,c   Wang, Chiyuen ^d   Rao, Wenbo ^c   Tan, Hongbing ^c   Dong, Haizhou ^c   Sun, Xiaoxu ^a   Wang, Yongsen ^a   Su, Zhiguo ^a  

^a State Key Laboratory of Hydrology Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering   (China)

^b Hohai Technology   (China)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement fault; Chloride ion; Groundwater; Hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes; Ordos Basin; Soil water

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT FAULTS; CHLORIDE IONS; HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; ORDOS BASIN; SOIL WATER;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OXYGEN; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE;

GROUNDWATER;

ARIDITY; ARTESIAN WELL; CHLORIDE; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; RIVER WATER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHINA; ORDOS BASIN;

EID: 84860367952     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1259-6     Document Type: Article

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