A Holistic System Approach to Understanding Underground Water Dynamics in the Loess Tableland: A Case Study of the Dongzhi Loess Tableland in Northwest China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2937-2951

  Li, Changbin ^a,c   Qi, Jiaguo ^b,c   Wang, Shuaibing ^a   Yang, Linshan ^a   Yang, Wenjin ^a   Zou, Songbing ^d   Zhu, Gaofeng ^a   Li, Wenyan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Extraction; Groundwater reservoir; Soil water reservoir; The Dongzhi Loess Tableland

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER LEVELS;

CRITICAL COMPONENT; HOLISTIC SYSTEM APPROACHES; NEW APPROACHES; NORTHWEST CHINA; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER DEFICIT; THE DONGZHI LOESS TABLELAND; UNDERGROUND WATER SYSTEM;

UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

DYNAMIC PROPERTY; EXTRACTION METHOD; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LOESS; RESERVOIR; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SOIL WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WET SEASON;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84903614780     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0647-6     Document Type: Article

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