Characteristics of water isotopes and hydrograph separation during the wet season in the Heishui River, China |
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Authors: | Yuhong Liu Ningjiang Fan Shuqing An Xiaohua Bai Fude Liu Zhen Xu Zhongsheng Wang Shirong Liu |
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Affiliation: | aLaboratory of Forest Ecology and Global Changes, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China bYantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research for Sustainable Development, CAS, Yantai 264003, China cState Power Environmental Protection Research Institute, Nanjing 210031, China dInstitute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, The Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China |
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Abstract: | Runoff generation and dynamics is an important issue in watershed and water resource management, but the mechanism in large scale is unclear and site-dependent. For this reason, spatial variations of δD and δ18O of river water and their sources within large-area of the Heishui Valley of the upper Yangtze River in western China were investigated during the wet season. A total 117 river water samples were collected at 13 sampling sites located at the junction of the principal river course and its tributaries. The results showed no spatial variations of either δD or δ18O values existed among tributary sampling sites A, B, E, F, H and I during the wet season, and significantly spatial variation occurred between tributary sampling sites A, B, E, F, H, I and site K; which indicated different proportions of rain entering river water should lead to spatial variation of water isotopes. The hydrograph separation analysis, based on the isotope data of river water, meltwater and rain water samples, showed the contribution of snow and glacier meltwater varied from 63.8% to 92.6%, and that of rain varied from 7.4% to 36.2%; which meant that snow and glacier meltwater was the main supplying water source of baseflow in the Heishui Valley. And the roles of glacier and snow meltwater should be significantly noticed in water resource management in this alpine valley at the rim of the Tibetan Plateau. |
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Keywords: | Stable isotopes Spatial variations River water line Contribution |
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