Articles | Volume 27, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4019-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4019-2023
Research article
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09 Nov 2023
Research article |  | 09 Nov 2023

Isotopic variations in surface waters and groundwaters of an extremely arid basin and their responses to climate change

Yu Zhang, Hongbing Tan, Peixin Cong, Dongping Shi, Wenbo Rao, and Xiying Zhang

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Rapid climate warming creates barriers for us to investigate water resource states. Using stable and radioactive isotopes, we identified the seasonality and spatiality of the water cycle in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Climate warming/humidification accelerates the water cycle in alpine arid basins. Precipitation and meltwater infiltrate along preferential flow paths to facilitate rapid groundwater recharge. Total water resources may show an initially increasing and then decreasing trend.
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