Denitrification and degassing in groundwater estimated from dissolved dinitrogen and argon

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2 /2, 1998, Pages 16-24

  Blicher Mathiesen, G ^a   McCarty, G W ^b   Nielsen, L P ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Argon; Degassing; Denitrification; Dinitrogen; Riparian wetland

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DENITRIFICATION; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; GROUND WATER; TRACER; WETLAND;

ARGON; DEGASSING; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NITROGEN; WATER ANALYSIS;

DINITROGEN; RIPARIAN WETLAND;

WATER TREATMENT;

DEGASSING; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; WETLAND;

DENMARK;

EID: 0032504002     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(98)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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