Using stable isotopes to identify major flow pathways in a permafrost influenced alpine meadow hillslope during summer rainfall period

	Using stable isotopes to identify major flow pathways in a permafrost influenced alpine meadow hillslope during summer rainfall period
	Xiao, Xiong; Zhang, Fan; Li, Xiaoyan; Zeng, Chen; Shi, Xiaonan; Wu, Huawu; Jagirani, Muhammad Dodo; Che, Tao
刊名	HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
	2020
卷号	34 期号:5
英文摘要	Global warming has leaded to permafrost degradation, with potential impacts on the runoff generation processes of permafrost influenced alpine meadow hillslope. Stable isotopes have the potential to trace the complex runoff generation processes. In this study, precipitation, hillslope surface and subsurface runoff, stream water, and mobile soil water (MSW) at different hillslope positions and depths were collected during the summer rainfall period to analyse the major flow pathway based on stable isotopic signatures. The results indicated that (a) compared with precipitation, the delta H-2 values of MSW showed little temporal variation but strong heterogeneity with enriched isotopic ratios at lower hillslope positions and in deeper soil layers. (b) The delta H-2 values of middle-slope surface runoff and shallow subsurface flow were similar to those of precipitation and MSW of the same soil layer, respectively. (c) Middle-slope shallow subsurface flow was the major flow pathway of the permafrost influenced alpine meadow hillslope, which turned into surface runoff at the riparian zone before contributing to the streamflow. (d) The slight variation of delta H-2 values in stream water was shown to be related to mixing processes of new water (precipitation, 2%) and old water (middle-slope shallow subsurface flow, 98%) in the highly transmissive shallow thawed soil layers. It was inferred that supra-permafrost water levels would be lowered to a less conductive, deeper soil layer under further warming and thawing permafrost, which would result in a declined streamflow and delayed runoff peak. This study explained the rapid mobilization of old water paradox in permafrost influenced alpine meadow hillslope and improved our understanding of permafrost hillslope hydrology in alpine regions.
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://159.226.73.51/handle/332005/20145]
专题	中国科学院南京地理与湖泊研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xiao, Xiong,Zhang, Fan,Li, Xiaoyan,et al. Using stable isotopes to identify major flow pathways in a permafrost influenced alpine meadow hillslope during summer rainfall period[J]. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES,2020,34(5).
APA	Xiao, Xiong.,Zhang, Fan.,Li, Xiaoyan.,Zeng, Chen.,Shi, Xiaonan.,...&Che, Tao.(2020).Using stable isotopes to identify major flow pathways in a permafrost influenced alpine meadow hillslope during summer rainfall period.HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES,34(5).
MLA	Xiao, Xiong,et al."Using stable isotopes to identify major flow pathways in a permafrost influenced alpine meadow hillslope during summer rainfall period".HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES 34.5(2020).