Characteristics of Water Stable Isotopes (18O and 2H) in the Hutubi River Basin, Northwestern China

doi:10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2015.00103

JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 1443-1450.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2015.00103

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Characteristics of Water Stable Isotopes (¹⁸O and ²H) in the Hutubi River Basin, Northwestern China

Yao Junqiang^1,2, Liu Zhihui³, Guo Xiaoyun³, Wang Yuejian³, Zheng Jianghua³, Fang Shifeng⁴

1. Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi 830002, China;
2. Center of Central Asia Atmospheric Science Research, Urumqi 830002, China;
3. School of Resources and Environment Science/Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology of Ministry of Education, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China;
4. State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Received:2015-02-13 Revised:2015-06-10 Online:2016-09-20 Published:2016-09-20

Abstract

Abstract: Water resources are the most critical factors to ecology and society in arid basins, such as the Hutubi River Basin. Isotope technique was convenient to trace this process and reveal the in uence from the environment. In this paper, we try to investigate the temporal and spatial characteristics in stable isotope (¹⁸O and D) of surface water and groundwater in the Hutubi River. Through the water stable isotope composition measurement, the characteristics of deuterium (δD) and oxygen 18 (δ¹⁸O) were analyzed. It is revealed that:(1) comparing the stream water line with the groundwater line and local meteorological water line of Urumqi, it is found that the contribution of precipitation to surface water in stream runoff is the main source, whereas the surface water is the main source of groundwater. Groundwater is mainly drainage of surface runoff in the river; (2) in the main stream of the Hutubi River, the spatial variability of river water showed a heavier-lighter-heavier' change along with the main stream for δ¹⁸O, and temporal variability showed higher in summer and lower in winter; (3) the δ¹⁸O value of Precipitation, surface water; groundwater and snowmelt were -12.42‰, -9.94‰, -10.23‰ and -19.42‰, respectively. the δ²H values of Precipitation, surface water; groundwater and snowmelt were -86.25‰, -66.66‰, -69.82‰ and -150.79‰, respectively.

Key words: stable isotope composition, surface water, groundwater, snowmelt, Hutubi River Basin

CLC Number:

O562.6
P344

Yao Junqiang, Liu Zhihui, Guo Xiaoyun, Wang Yuejian, Zheng Jianghua, Fang Shifeng. Characteristics of Water Stable Isotopes (¹⁸O and ²H) in the Hutubi River Basin, Northwestern China[J]. JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH, 2016, 36(5): 1443-1450.

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