Tracing groundwater recharge sources in a mountain-plain transitional area using stable isotopes and hydrochemistry

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 464-465, Issue , 2012, Pages 116-126

  Liu, Yaping ^a   Yamanaka, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

End member mixing analysis (EMMA); Groundwater recharge; Groundwater river interaction; Isotopic tracer; Mountain block recharge; River channel seepage

Indexed keywords

END-MEMBER MIXING ANALYSIS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER-RIVER INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC TRACER; MOUNTAIN BLOCK RECHARGE; RIVER CHANNELS;

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MIXING; RIVERS; SEEPAGE;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ASHIO MOUNTAINS; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KANTO PLAIN; TOCHIGI; WATARASE WETLAND;

EID: 84866176030     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.06.053     Document Type: Article

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