%0 Journal Article
%T Application of Unsaturated Zone Environmental Tracers to the Estimation of Rainfall Infiltrating Rate in the Zhangye Basin, Northwestern China<br>利用包气带环境示踪剂评估张掖盆地降水入渗速率
%A NIE Zhen-long
%A LIAN Ying-li
%A DUAN Bao-qian
%A SHEN Jian-mei
%A WANG Jin-zhe
%A YAN Ming-jiang
%A <br>聂振龙
%A 连英立
%A 段宝谦
%A 申建梅
%A 王金哲
%A 严明疆
%J 地球学报
%D 2011
%I 
%X The rainfall infiltrating rate is a key parameter in groundwater resource assessment and groundwater protection. During the groundwater resource assessment in middle basins of the Hexi corridor in the past decades, however, the rainfall infiltration was not considered where the buried depth of the water table was more than 5 m. In the present work, the rainfall infiltration rates were estimated using chemical and isotopic information in the unsaturated zone at two sites of the Zhangye basin, which lies in the middle reaches of the Heihe River. One site is located in sand dunes in the middle of the basin and the other site is located in a wasteland area with the buried depth of the groundwater table being 8.6m. The result of chloride mass balance (CMB) indicates that there exists rainfall infiltration in Zhangye basin where the buried depth of the water table is more than 5 m. In the sand dune area, the rainfall infiltrating rate is 13.3~14.4 mm/a with the buried depth of the water table being 6.3 m, and the infiltration coefficient is about 0.10~0.11%. In the wasteland area, the rainfall infiltrating rate is 16.8~18.4 mm/a with the buried depth of the water table being 8.6m, and the infiltration coefficient is about 0.13~0.14.
%K Zhangye basin
%K unsaturated zone
%K environmental tracers
%K rainfall infiltration<br>张掖盆地
%K 包气带
%K 环境示踪剂
%K 降水入渗
%U http://www.alljournals.cn/get_abstract_url.aspx?pcid=E62459D214FD64A3C8082E4ED1ABABED5711027BBBDDD35B&cid=621CF755B1A341E5&jid=1DF69A47DE80569EC8F859DF61571180&aid=0708514DFA11279314F13098BF86F81A&yid=9377ED8094509821&vid=9971A5E270697F23&iid=CA4FD0336C81A37A&sid=7555FB9CC973F695&eid=B62E0EEFE746E568&journal_id=1006-3021&journal_name=地球学报&referenced_num=0&reference_num=24