Numerical studies of vertical Cl-, δ2H and δ18O profiles in the aquifer-aquitard system in the Pearl River Delta, China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 4199-4209

  Kuang, Xingxing ^a   Jiao, Jiu Jimmy ^a   Liu, Kun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Chloride; Environmental isotopes; Numerical modelling; Pearl River Delta; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; GEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NUMERICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION;

AQUIFER-AQUITARD SYSTEM; CHLORIDE; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; MOVING BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PEARL RIVER DELTA;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; AQUITARD; CHLORIDE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84939653524     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10483     Document Type: Article

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