Concentrations and isotope ratios of dissolved inorganic carbon in denitrifying environments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1511-1514

  Nascimento, C ^a   Atekwana, E A ^a   Krishnamurthy, R V ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; AQUIFERS; BYPRODUCTS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; PH;

CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT;

DENITRIFICATION; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CARBON SUBSTRATES; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPE RATIO; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MICHIGAN; NITRATE LEVELS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

EID: 0031160901     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01404     Document Type: Article

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