Groundwater Diffuse Recharge and its Response to Climate Changes in Semi-Arid Northwestern China

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 451-461

  Deng, Lin ^a,b   Wang, Wenke ^a   Cai, Yanjun ^b,c   Hu, Anyan ^a   Tan, Liangcheng ^b  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chloride; Climate change; Groundwater recharge; Northwestern China; Semi arid area; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CHLORIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MASS BALANCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; VADOSE ZONE;

CHINA;

EID: 84940733503     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: 23117680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2015.03.18.01(Hy)     Document Type: Article

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