Groundwater recharge environments and hydrogeochemical evolution in the Jiuquan Basin, Northwest China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 866-878

  He, Jianhua ^a   Ma, Jinzhu ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Tian, Liming ^a   Zhu, Gaofeng ^a   Mike Edmunds, W ^b   Zhang, Qinghuan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD CLIMATE; CONFINED WATER; FLOW PATH; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HOLOCENES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; JIUQUAN BASIN; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MODERN CARBON; NORTHWEST CHINA; PALAEOWATER; RADIOCARBON DATING; REPLACEMENT RATES; SNOW AND ICE; STABLE ISOTOPES; UPPER LIMITS; WATER USE; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEAVY WATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; RECHARGE; SEEPAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; WATER USE;

CHINA; GANSU; JINTA; JIUQUAN BASIN;

EID: 84862804641     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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