Spatial characteristics of surface water and groundwater using water stable isotope in the Tarim River Basin, northwestern China

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1031-1039

  Zhang, Yucui ^a,b   Shen, Yanjun ^a   Chen, Yaning ^c   Wang, Yun ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Aksu River; Bosten Lake; Evaporation; Kaidu River; Spatial variability; Stable isotope composition; Tarim River

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; TARIM RIVER; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LAKES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MASS BALANCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

AKSU RIVER; BOSTEN LAKE; CHINA; KAIDU BASIN; TARIM RIVER; TURKEY; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84890212653     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1416     Document Type: Article

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