Hydrological controls on the sources of dissolved sulfate in the Heihe River, a large inland river in the arid northwestern China, inferred from S and O isotopes

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-109

  Li, Xiaoqian ^a   Gan, Yiqun ^a   Zhou, Aiguo ^a   Liu, Yunde ^a   Wang, Dong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; ARID NORTHWESTERN CHINA; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL CONTROLS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; OXIDATION OF SULFIDES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER POOLS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR CYCLE;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

EID: 84880331005     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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