Determination of groundwater recharge regime and flowpath in the Lower Heihe River basin in an arid area of Northwest China by using environmental tracers: Implications for vegetation degradation in the Ejina Oasis

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1133-1145

  Qin, Dajun ^a   Zhao, Zhanfeng ^a   Han, Liangfeng ^b   Qian, Yunping ^c   Ou, Lu ^a   Wu, Zhongqiang ^d   Wang, Mingchuan ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

^d Cangzhou Hydraulic Science Institute   (China)

^e Dangdong Gold Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; ARID AREA; ARIDIFICATION; CONTROLLED NOT; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; FLOWPATH; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HEIHE RIVER; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; MAJOR IONS; NORTHWEST CHINA; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; VEGETATION DEGRADATION; WATER BALANCE; WELL DEPTH;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

INFILTRATION;

ARID REGION; ARIDIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; OASIS; RECHARGE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; TRACER; WATER BUDGET;

BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; EJINA OASIS; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84862788804     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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