Use of multiple isotope tracers to evaluate denitrification in ground water: Study of nitrate from a large-flux septic system plume

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 975-982

  Aravena, Ramon ^a   Robertson, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DENITRIFICATION; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; OXIDATION; OXYGEN 18; PYRITE; SEDIMENT; SULFATE; SULFUR 34; TRACER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SEPTIC TANKS; SULFUR; THERMAL PLUMES;

LARGE-FLUX SEPTIC SYSTEM PLUMES; MULTIPLE ISOTOPE TRACERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; TRACER;

EID: 0032213112     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb02104.x     Document Type: Article

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