Hydrograph Separation in the Headwaters of the Shule River Basin: Combining Water Chemistry and Stable Isotopes

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Jiaxin ^a   Wu, Jinkui ^a   Liu, Shiwei ^a   Zeng, Guoxiong ^b   Qin, Jia ^a   Wang, Xiuna ^a   Zhao, Qiudong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Shule River Basin Water Resources Administration of Gansu Province   (China)

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EID: 84949256933     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/830306     Document Type: Article

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