Nitrogen isotope indicators of seasonal source variability to groundwater

Environmental Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 210-218

  Iqbal, M Z ^a   Krothe, N C ^b   Spalding, R F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Agriculture; Groundwater; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; NITRATE; NITRATE FATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEASONALITY;

USA, INDIANA;

EID: 0030684680     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050209     Document Type: Article

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