Nitrate in groundwater and water sources used by riparian trees in an agricultural watershed: A chemical and isotopic investigation in southern Minnesota

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1039-1050

  Komor, Stephen C ^a   Magner, Joseph A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SOIL WATER; WATER;

GRASS; NITRIFICATION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SHRUB; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0029760412     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR03815     Document Type: Article

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