Isotopic assessment of sources and processes affecting sulfate and nitrate in surface water and groundwater of Luxembourg

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 191-206

  Rock, L ^a   Mayer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Natural variations; Nitrate; Nitrogen 15; Oxygen 18; Sulfate; Sulfur 34; Surface water

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

GRAND-DUCHY; LUXEMBOURG;

EID: 0038445220     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010208033265     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Vitousek, P. M., Aber, J. D., Howarth, R. W., Likens, G. E., Matson, P. A., Schindler, D. W., Schlesinger, W. H. and Tilman, D. G. (1997). Human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle: Sources and consequences. Ecol. Appl., 737-750.
2. Bruning-Fann, C. S. and Kaneene, J. B. (1993). The effects of nitrate, nitrite, and N-nitroso compounds on human health: A review. l'et. Human Toxicology: 35, 521-538.
3. Statee, Le Luxembourg en chiffres. Service Central de la Statistique et des Études Économiques. Luxembourg, statee (2000).
4. Hansen, G. (1996). Die Trinkwasserversorgung des Luxemburger Landes. GH'F Wasser und Abwasser, 2. 12-15.
5. Kendall, C. (1998). Tracing nitrogen sources and cycling in catchments. In: Kendall, C. and McDonnell, J. J. (Eds.), Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology: Elsevier, pp. 519-576.
6. Zahn, U., Seng, P., Dornbusch, J. and Kämmer, H.-J. (1998). Weltatlas Großherzogtum Luxemburg, Westermann.
7. Silva, S. R., Kendall, C., Wilkinson, D. H., Ziegler, A. C., Chang, C. C. Y. and Avanzino, R. J. (2000). A new method for collection of nitrate from fresh water and the analysis of nitrogen and oxygen isotope ratios. J. Hydrol., 228, 22-36.
8. Giesemann, A., Jaeger, H. J., Norman, A.-L., Krouse, H. R. and Brand, W. A. (1994). On-line sulfur-isotope determination using an elemental analyzer coupled to a mass spectrometer. Anal. Chem., 66, 2816-2819.
9. Krouse, H. R. and Mayer, B. (2000). Sulphur and oxygen isotopes in sulphate. In: Cook, P. G. and Herczeg, A. L. (Eds.), Environmental Tracers in Subsurface Hydrology. Kluwer Academic Press, Boston, pp. 195-231.
10. Mayer, B., Boyer, E. W., Goodale, C., Jaworski, N. A., van Breemen, N., Howarth, R. W., Seitzinger, S., Billen, G., Lajtha, K., Nadelhoffer, K., Van Dam, D., Hetling, L. J., Nosil, M., Paustian, K. and Alexander, R. (2002). Sources of nitrate in rivers draining 16 major watersheds in the northeastern US: Isotopic constraints. Biogeochemistry: 57. 171-197.
11. Aravena, R., Evans, M. L. and Cherry, J. A. (1993). Stable isotopes of oxygen and nitrogen in source identification of nitrate from septic systems. Ground Water, 31, 180-186.
12. Mayer, B., Bollwerk, S. M., Mansfeldt, T., Hütter, B. and Veizer, J. (2001). The oxygen isotope composition of nitrate generated by nitrification in acid forest floors. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 65, 2743-2756.
13. Strebel, O., Boettcher, J. and Fritz, P. (1990). Use of isotope fractionation of sulfate-sulfur and sulfate-oxygen to assess bacterial desulfurication in a sandy aquifer. J. Hydrol., 121, 155-172.
14. Peterson, B. J., Wollheim, W. M., Mulholland, P. J., Webster, J. R., Meyer, J. L., Tank, J. L., Marti, E., Bowden, W. B., Valett, H. M., Hershey, A. E., McDowell, W. H., Dodds, W. K., Hamilton, S, K., Gregory, S. and Morrall, D.D. (2001). Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams. Science, 292, 86-90.
15. Triska, F. J., Duff, J. H. and Avanzino, R. J. (1993). Patterns of hydrological exchange and nutrient transformations in the hyporheic zone of a gravel-bottom stream: Examining terrestrial-aquatic linkages. Freshwater Biol., 29, 259-274.