Ground water discharge and nitrate flux to the Gulf of Mexico

Ground Water

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 401-417

  Dowling, Carolyn B ^a,b   Poreda, Robert J ^b   Hunt, Andrew G ^b,c   Carey, Anne E ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPOSITION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NITRATES;

GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; NITRATE FLUX;

GROUNDWATER;

HELIUM; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NITRATE; SEA WATER;

COASTAL AQUIFER; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REVIEW; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ALABAMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NITRATES; SEAWATER; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ALABAMA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALDWIN COUNTY [ALABAMA]; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PENSACOLA; TRITIUM;

EID: 2342526638     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02688.x     Document Type: Review

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