Seasonal and interannual variations of nitrate and chloride in stream waters related to spatial and temporal patterns of groundwater concentrations in agricultural catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1237-1254

  Martin, C ^a   Aquilina, L ^b   Gascuel Odoux, C ^a   Molenat J ^a   Faucheux, M ^a   Ruiz, L ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural catchments; Bromide; Chloride; Denitrification; Nitrate; Seasonal variations; Shallow groundwater; Stream water

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; STREAM FLOW;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

HYDROLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CHLORIDE; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; NITRATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2442611896     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1395     Document Type: Article

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