Groundwater Recharge and Mixing in Arid and Semiarid Regions: Heihe River Basin, Northwest China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 971-987

  Guoliang, C A O ^a,b   Chunmiao, Z H E N G ^a,c,d   SIMMONS, Craig T ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

groundwater mixing; groundwater recharge; Heihe River Basin; isotope hydrology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID REGION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIXING; OASIS; PIEDMONT; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECHARGE; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; TIMESCALE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

EID: 84976628068     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12738     Document Type: Article

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