The discharge of nitrate-contaminated groundwater from developed shoreline to marsh-fringed estuary

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3095-3104

  Portnoy, J W ^a   Nowicki, B L ^b   Roman, C T ^c   Urish, D W ^c  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALTMARSH;

EASTHAM; MASSACHUSETTES; UNITED STATES;

AQUIFERS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WETLANDS;

CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGERY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031762170     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR02167     Document Type: Article

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