Groundwater recharge and evolution in the Dunhuang Basin, northwestern China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-31

  Ma, Jinzhu ^a   He, Jianhua ^a   Qi, Shi ^a   Zhu, Gaofeng ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a   Mike Edmunds, W ^b   Zhao, Yanping ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNHUANG; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HOLOCENES; LOW SALINITY; MEAN VALUES; MOLAR RATIO; NORTHERN BASINS; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; RADIOCARBON DATA; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER ALLOCATIONS;

AQUIFERS; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HALITE; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; POTASSIUM; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SODIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYLVITE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CHINA; DUNHUANG; GANSU;

EID: 84871929694     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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