Nitrate behaviour in the groundwater of a headwater wetland, Chiba, Japan

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3159-3168

  Tang, Changyuan ^a   Azuma, Kazuaki ^b   Iwami, Yoshifumi ^a   Ohji, Baku ^a   Sakura, Yasuo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Local Govt of Okayama Prefecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Groundwater; Headwater; Nitrate; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; SPRINGS (WATER); WELLS; WETLANDS;

HEADWATER WETLAND; HYDRO-GEOMORPHOLOGY; PIEZOMETERS;

NITRATES;

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; HEADWATER; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NITRATE; WETLAND;

FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; SPRINGS; WELLS; WETLANDS;

ASIA; CHIBA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; WORLD;

EID: 10244250356     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5755     Document Type: Article

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