Published July 2018 | Version v1
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Hydrological insights from hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in Source Area of the Yellow River, east-northern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Creators

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Hydrology - Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing (China)
  • 2. Hohai University, Nanjing (China). College of Hydrology and Water Resources
  • 3. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou (China). State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources
  • 4. Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin (China). School of Civil Engineering
  • 5. Uppsala University, Uppsala (Sweden). Department of Earth Sciences
  • 6. United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain (United Arab Emirates). Department of Geology

Description

Analyses of stable (D and 18O) and radioactive (T) isotopes of different waters were applied to obtain the hydrological information in watersheds with different frozen ground types in the Source Area of the Yellow River, northeastern of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in 2014 and 2016. Variations of oxygen and hydrogen isotope ratios, statistically higher tritium concentrations and lower water yields in thaw lakes confirm disparate sources of recharges to thaw lakes and other lakes. Thaw lakes at various stages of evolution influence the surface and subsurface water systems differently. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
317
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 131-144
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCDM

INIS

Country of Publication
Hungary
Country of Input or Organization
Hungary
INIS RN
49074595
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
FROST; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPE RATIO; LAKES; MOUNTAINS; OXYGEN 18; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS; TIBET; TRITIUM; WATER; WATERSHEDS; YELLOW RIVER
Descriptors DEC
ASIA; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHINA; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ICE; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; STABLE ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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