δ15N of nitrate derived from explosive sources in a karst aquifer beneath the Ammunition Burning Ground, Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indiana, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 164-175

  DiGnazio, Frank J ^a   Krothe, Noel C ^a   Baedke, Steve J ^a   Spalding, Roy F ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

(ABG) Ammunition burning ground; Karst aquifer; Nitrate plume

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; EXPLOSIVES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST; NITRATE;

USA, INDIANA;

EID: 0032056427     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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