Geochemistry and solute sources of surface waters of the Tarim River Basin in the extreme arid region, NW Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 54-55, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-173

  Xiao, Jun ^a   Jin, Zhang Dong ^a   Ding, Hu ^b   Wang, Jin ^a   Zhang, Fei ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Major ions; River water; Solute sources; Tarim River; TDS flux

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID REGION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; EVAPORITE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION; RIVER WATER; SOLUTE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AKSU RIVER; CHINA; HOTAN RIVER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TARIM RIVER; TURKEY; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84862203728     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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