Hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical control of groundwater salinity in an arid inland basin: Dunhuang Basin, northwestern China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1884-1902

  Sun, Ziyong ^a   Ma, Rui ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Hu, Yalu ^a   Sun, Lujian ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dunhuang Basin; hydrogeochemistry; isotope; northwestern China; saline groundwater

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONS; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHERING;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; DUNHUANG; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; SALINE GROUNDWATER; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SALINITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; DUNHUANG BASIN;

EID: 84953455371     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10760     Document Type: Article

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