Recharge sources and chemical composition types of groundwater and lake in the Badain Jaran Desert, northwestern China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 479-496

  Shao, Tianjie ^a   Zhao, Jingbo ^a,b   Zhou, Qi ^b   Dong, Zhibao ^a,c   Ma, Yandong ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAOJI UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Badain Jaran Desert; chemical composition; desert lake; hierarchical cluster analysis; spatial variation; supply source

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862236409     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-012-0941-2     Document Type: Article

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