Hebei Academy of Sciences

Effects of groundwater level decline on shallow soil water in grassland open-pit mining areas: Water vapor migration and water sources estimation

Study region The Chenqi Coalfield in the Hulunbuir grassland, a typical semi-arid grassland open-pit mining area in Inner Mongolia, China, where mining has caused severe groundwater level decline. Study focus This study adopted in situ monitoring and hydrogen-oxygen stable isotop...