Soil profile evolution following land-use change: Implications for groundwater quantity and quality

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1238-1252

  Huang, Tianming ^a   Pang, Zhonghe ^a   Edmunds, W Mike ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloride mass balance; Groundwater recharge; Land use change; Loess Plateau of China; Soil profile

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; SOIL PROFILES;

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CROPS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; TRITIUM; WATER QUALITY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CHLORIDE; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE CHANGE; MASS BALANCE; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84875649532     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9302     Document Type: Article

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