Mechanism and rate of denitrification in an agricultural watershed: Electron and mass balance along groundwater flow paths

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1545-1559

  Tesoriero, Anthony J ^a   Liebscher, Hugh ^b   Cox, Stephen E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DENITRIFICATION; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FERROUS SULFIDE; GROUND WATER; KINETIC MODEL; NITRATE; REDOX REACTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER FLOW;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; OXIDATION; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTS; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED; ELECTRON BALANCE EQUATION; MASS BALANCE EQUATION;

WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

EID: 0034109033     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900035     Document Type: Article

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