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@ARTICLE{Li:904466,
author = {Li, Mengna and Zeng, Yijian and Lubczynski, Maciek W. and
Roy, Jean and Yu, Lianyu and Qian, Hui and Li, Zhenyu and
Chen, Jie and Han, Lei and Zheng, Han and Veldkamp, Tom and
Schoorl, Jeroen M. and Hendricks Franssen, Harrie-Jan and
Hou, Kai and Zhang, Qiying and Xu, Panpan and Li, Fan and
Lu, Kai and Li, Yulin and Su, Zhongbo},
title = {{A} first investigation of hydrogeology and hydrogeophysics
of the {M}aqu catchment in the {Y}ellow {R}iver source
region},
journal = {Earth system science data},
volume = {13},
number = {10},
issn = {1866-3508},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {Copernics Publications},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-06036},
pages = {4727 - 4757},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The Tibetan Plateau is the source of most of Asia's major
rivers and has been called the Asian Water Tower. Detailed
knowledge of its hydrogeology is paramount to enable the
understanding of groundwater dynamics, which plays a vital
role in headwater areas like the Tibetan Plateau.
Nevertheless, due to its remoteness and the harsh
environment, there is a lack of field survey data to
investigate its hydrogeology. In this study, borehole core
lithology analysis, soil thickness measurement, an altitude
survey, hydrogeological surveys, and hydrogeophysical
surveys (e.g. magnetic resonance sounding – MRS,
electrical resistivity tomography – ERT, and transient
electromagnetic – TEM) were conducted in the Maqu
catchment within the Yellow River source region (YRSR). The
hydrogeological surveys reveal that groundwater flows from
the west to the east, recharging the Yellow River. The
hydraulic conductivity ranges from 0.2 to 12.4 m d−1.
The MRS sounding results, i.e. water content and hydraulic
conductivity, confirmed the presence of an unconfined
aquifer in the flat eastern area. Based on TEM results, the
depth of the Yellow River deposits was derived at several
places in the flat eastern area, ranging from 50 to 208 m.
The soil thickness measurements were done in the western
mountainous area of the catchment, where hydrogeophysical
and hydrogeological surveys were difficult to be carried
out. The results indicate that most soil thicknesses, except
on the valley floor, are within 1.2 m in the western
mountainous area of the catchment, and the soil thickness
decreases as the slope increases. These survey data and
results can contribute to integrated hydrological modelling
and water cycle analysis to improve a full-picture
understanding of the water cycle at the Maqu catchment in
the YRSR. The raw dataset is freely available at
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-z6t-zpn7 (Li et al., 2020a),
and the dataset containing the processed ERT, MRS, and TEM
data is also available at the National Tibetan Plateau Data
Center with the link
https://doi.org/10.11888/Hydro.tpdc.271221 (Li et al.,
2020b).},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {2173 - Agro-biogeosystems: controls, feedbacks and impact
(POF4-217)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2173},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000709202100001},
doi = {10.5194/essd-13-4727-2021},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/904466},
}