A Simulation Study on the Evolution of Groundwater Circulation Systems in Cenozoic Basins of Northern China

Three Cenozoic basins—the Qaidam basin, the Weihe graben‐type basin and the North China plain—which are different in climatic conditions, geological settings and run—off types, are selected for the study. Based on an analysis of background information of the transect along the middle‐latitude region...

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Published inActa geologica Sinica (Beijing) Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 100 - 107
Main Authors Dehong, SHI, Xia, YIN, Jichao, SUN, Zhengzhou, YIN
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.1998
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Cenozoic basins
evolutionary modelling
groundwater circulation system
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Summary:Three Cenozoic basins—the Qaidam basin, the Weihe graben‐type basin and the North China plain—which are different in climatic conditions, geological settings and run—off types, are selected for the study. Based on an analysis of background information of the transect along the middle‐latitude region, studies of groundwater dynamics, geochemistry, simulation of water circulation of the main elements as well as isotopic chronology, the information on global changes is collected, the formation of groundwater circulation systems and their evolution under stacked impacts of natural conditions and human activities are discussed, and a correlation is made between the evolutionary features of the above systems in these basins since 25 ka B.P. All these have laid a good foundation for further generalizing the evolutionary model of land water in northern China.
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Shi Dehong Born in 1934; graduated from the Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Beijing College of Geology in 1956. She is now a research professor with the Institute of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, CAGS, and has long been engaged in groundwater and environment studies.
ISSN:1000-9515
1755-6724
DOI:10.1111/j.1755-6724.1998.tb00737.x