Contribution of bedrock nitrogen to high nitrate concentrations in stream water

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6704, 1998, Pages 785-788

  Holloway, J M ^a   Dahlgren, R A ^a   Hansen, B ^b   Casey, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGY; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032558783     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27410     Document Type: Article

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