Groundwater recharge and hydrogeochemical evolution in the Ejina Basin, northwest China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-86

  Wang, Ping ^a   Yu, Jingjie ^a   Zhang, Yichi ^a   Liu, Changming ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Badain Jaran Desert; Conceptual model; Groundwater recharge; Heihe River; Hydrogeochemical evolution

Indexed keywords

BADAIN JARAN DESERT; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HEIHE RIVER; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHLORINE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; SULFATE MINERALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATIC REGION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; FLOW CONTROL; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RECHARGE; RIVER BED; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

EID: 84870992402     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.049     Document Type: Article

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