Using hydrochemical and isotopic data to determine sources of recharge and groundwater evolution in an arid region: a case study in the upper–middle reaches of the Shule River basin, northwestern China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1901-1915

  Wang, Liheng ^a   Li, Guomin ^a   Dong, Yanhui ^a   Han, Dongmei ^b   Zhang, Jiangyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Arid region; Groundwater recharge; Hydrogeochemistry; Northwestern China; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CALCITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

ARID INLAND RIVER BASINS; DISSOLUTION OF MINERALS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 84925492084     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3719-2     Document Type: Article

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