A hydrochemistry and multi-isotopic study of groundwater origin and hydrochemical evolution in the middle reaches of the Kuye River basin

• Published in: Applied geochemistry Vol. 98; pp. 82 - 93
• Main Authors: Fu, Changchang, Li, Xiangquan, Ma, Jianfei, Liu, Lingxia, Gao, Ming, Bai, Zhanxue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2018
• Subjects: atmospheric precipitation; cation exchange; chlorides; deuterium; Fluoride sources; fluorides; geochemistry; groundwater; Groundwater quality; Hydrochemical evolution; hydrochemistry; Kuye river basin; oxygen; salinity; semi-confined aquifer; semiarid zones; sodium; sodium bicarbonate; solubility; stable isotopes; sulfate minerals; Sulfate sources; sulfates; water quality; watersheds; weathering; Kuye river basin; Hydrochemical evolution; Groundwater quality; Fluoride sources; Sulfate sources

The Kuye River basin lays in an economically and ecologically important area, therefore, the groundwater quality issues are of growing concern in this semi-arid region. In the present study, the combination of techniques (i.e. piper diagram, ionic ratios, Gibbs diagrams, multiple isotopic analyses e...