Characteristics of water stable isotopes and hydrograph separation in Baishui catchment during the wet season in Mt.Yulong region, south western China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 3641-3648

  Pu, Tao ^a,b   He, Yuanqing ^a,b   Zhu, Guofeng ^c   Zhang, Ningning ^b   Du, Jiankuo ^b   Wang, Chunfeng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemical tracing; Hydrograph separation; Oxygen 18; Yulong mountain

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GEOCHEMICAL TRACINGS; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; OXYGEN-18; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACER CONCENTRATION; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; YULONG MOUNTAIN;

SEPARATION;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RAINWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BAISHUI BASIN; CHINA; SICHUAN; YULONG SNOW MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

EID: 84898546954     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9479     Document Type: Article

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