Journal of Geographical Sciences, Volume. 30, Issue 6, 935(2020)

Using water isotopes and hydrogeochemical evidences to characterize groundwater age and recharge rate in the Zhangjiakou area, North China

Qinghua ZHANG1,1,1,1,1, Zhuanxi LUO1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1、*, Wen LU1,1,1,1,3, Zepp HARALD1,1,1,1,4, Yufeng ZHAO1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2, and Jialiang TANG1,1,1,1,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1[in Chinese]
  • 1. Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, CAS, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, China
  • 2. College of Geographical Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041000, Shanxi, China
  • 3. Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS, Chengdu 610041, China
  • 4. Geographical Institute, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum D-44780, Germany
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    Sampling locations in the Zhangjiakou area
    Scatter of plot represented the EC-TDS relationship for all water samples in the Zhangjiakou area
    Triangle diagrams showing cation composition (a) and anion composition (b) of the surface water from the Zhangjiakou area
    Triangle diagrams showing cation composition (a) and anion composition (b) of the groundwater from the Zhangjiakou area
    Relationship between δD and δ18O of precipitation in the Zhangjiakou area. For comparison the Global Meteoric Water Line (GMWL) is presented.
    The δD and δ18O distributions of groundwater samples along with surface water samples in Zhangjiakou area
    Variation of3H concentrations with sampling depths in different river basins
    The relationship between groundwater residence times calculated from the3H concentrations using the exponential piston flow model with depth in the Zhangjiakou area. The lower line with arrow indicates Yanghe river basin and Qingshui river basin, the upper line with arrow indicates Zhangbei and Sanggan river basin.
    • Table 1.

      Hydrochemical parameters of water samples in the Zhangjiakou area

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      Table 1.

      Hydrochemical parameters of water samples in the Zhangjiakou area

      SiteSamplingWater typeaWell depth (m)pHEC(us.cm-1)TDS(mg·L-1)δD(‰)δ18O(‰)d-excess(‰)
      ZhangbeiG n=6, S n=3GJLG457.411014.3595-81.80-11.913.8
      ZBMG237.371800.71078.8-76.28-11.213.1
      AGL2S/7.431134.3625.5-73.02-11.015.0
      Sanggan river basinG n=9, S n=3DTWG1818.16816.0463.2-94.84-13.412.7
      QJSWG708.072398.01331.5-93.06-13.111.5
      HSYG418.15394.8219.6-81.24-11.812.8
      SGHS/8.161019.0578.0-73.64-10.510.0
      Qingshui river basin G n=18, S n=6CJG807.41483.0281.3-88.33-13.418.9
      DXZG1117.52817.7482.8-77.84-11.211.7
      STG1207.421002.3580-79.74-11.915.1
      QZRLG907.231465.7835-77.28-11.615.2
      GSG8.557.28658.0386.7-80.64-12.015.2
      GJYG707.14693.0417.2-83.30-12.516.4
      CHS/7.74328.7191.0-83.69-11.911.5
      H1S/8.40471.3292.0-73.82-10.38.9
      Yanghe river basinG n=21, S n=15CGG1407.89353.6198.7-74.91-10.811.7
      DLG607.75904.7531.2-67.97-9.79.6
      Y1ZG1037.68585.0348.2-74.20-10.912.9
      Y2ZG407.75782.0460.2-69.15-10.010.6
      XHG608.05556.0325.5-78.33-11.513.7
      XHYG1507.90862.4462.0-72.60-10.511.6
      NGG1007.86761.3461.5-76.64-11.213.1
      YHS/8.22738.3433.7-69.48-9.89.0
      YXS/8.20993.0606.2-67.54-9.37.1
      YHZ1S/8.02902.7530.5-63.83-8.75.6
      YHZ2S/8.27710.3424.5-71.80-10.08.3
      GTS/8.151007.0609.5-66.70-9.26.9
    • Table 2.

      The precipitation of δD and δ18O values in 2018 and 2019 in the Zhangjiakou area

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      Table 2.

      The precipitation of δD and δ18O values in 2018 and 2019 in the Zhangjiakou area

      SeasonsδD (‰)δ18O (‰)
      MinMaxMeanMinMaxMean
      Spring (March to May)-89.20722.058-41.625-13.697-0.479-7.466
      Summer (June to August)-137.578-9.806-63.830-19.120-1.381-10.074
      Autumn (September to November)-140.370-30.687-89.519-20.393-5.444-14.149
      Winter (December to February)-124.621-86.121-107.781-18.110-14.230-16.251
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    Qinghua ZHANG, Zhuanxi LUO, Wen LU, Zepp HARALD, Yufeng ZHAO, Jialiang TANG. Using water isotopes and hydrogeochemical evidences to characterize groundwater age and recharge rate in the Zhangjiakou area, North China[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(6): 935

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    Paper Information

    Received: Sep. 20, 2019

    Accepted: Mar. 5, 2020

    Published Online: Sep. 30, 2020

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    DOI:10.1007/s11442-020-1763-2

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