The role of deuterium excess in determining the water salinisation mechanism: A case study of the arid Tarim River Basin, NW China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2382-2388

  Huang, Tianming ^a   Pang, Zhonghe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; NATURAL WATERS; NW CHINA; POTENTIAL TOOL; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION EQUATIONS; RESIDUAL WATERS; RIVER WATER; SALINISATION; SALT MANAGEMENTS; TARIM RIVER; TARIM RIVER BASIN; WATERBODIES;

DEUTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; MINERALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TRANSPIRATION; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BASIN; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; TRANSPIRATION; WATER QUALITY;

BOSTEN LAKE; CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84868542040     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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