An assessment of nitrate occurrence and transport in Washoe Valley, Nevada

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 479-489

  Zhan, Hongbin ^a   Mckay, W Alan ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Geochemistry; Ground water; Hydrogeology; Nitrate; Septic tanks; Simulation

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WASHOE VALLEY;

EID: 0032451918     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iv.4.479     Document Type: Article

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