Groundwater renewability based on groundwater ages in the Heihe valley alluvial basin, northwestern China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 560-567

  Chen, Zongyu ^a,b   Nie, Zhenlong ^b   Zhang, Hesheng ^c   Cheng, Xuxue ^c   He, Minglin ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CAGS   (China)

^c Gansu Provincial Bureau of Geology and Minerals Exploration and Development   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater dating; Heihe River catchment; Radioisotopic dating; Renewable groundwater

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; RADIONUCLIDE; RECHARGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 8644271514     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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