Nitrogen chemistry of subsurface storm runoff on forested Canadian Shield hillslopes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 811-821

  Hill, A R ^a   Kemp, W A ^a   Buttle, J M ^b   Goodyear, D ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; SOIL DEGRADATION;

FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SOILS; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN;

WATER POLLUTION;

NITROGEN; RUNOFF;

CANADA;

EID: 0033105550     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900083     Document Type: Article

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