A tracer test to determine the fate of nitrate in shallow groundwater

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 917-923

  Starr, J L ^a   Sadeghi, A M ^a   Parkin, T B ^a   Meisinger, J J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROMINE; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NITROGEN; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SATURATED ZONE; TRACER TEST;

NITRATES;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0030200453     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1996.00472425002500040037x     Document Type: Article

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