Isotopic and hydrochemical data to restrict the origin of the groundwater in the Badain Jaran Desert, Northern China

Geochemistry International

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 455-465

  Chen, J S ^a   Sun, X X ^a   Gu, W Z ^b   Tan, H B ^a   Rao, W B ^a   Dong, H Z ^a   Liu, X Y ^a   Su, Z G ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Badain Jaran Desert; groundwater; hydrochemistry; soil water; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BADAIN JARAN DESERT; DEEP FAULT; DEEP SOILS; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LAKE WATERS; NORTHERN CHINA; NUCLEAR TESTS; OXYGEN-18; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; RIVER WATER; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER CIRCULATION; WATER SAMPLES; WEIGHTED MEAN VALUES;

DEUTERIUM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HELIUM; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RESOURCES;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA;

EID: 84860600083     PISSN: 00167029     EISSN: 15561968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016702912030044     Document Type: Article

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