Ammonium transport and reaction in contaminated groundwater: Application of isotope tracers and isotope fractionation studies

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Bohlke J K ^a   Smith, Richard L ^a   Miller, Daniel N ^a,b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPES; MIXING; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

IN SITU NATURAL GRADIENT; ISOTOPIC TRACERS; LARGE-SCALE MONITORING; UPGRADIENT SOURCES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPES; MIXING; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

AMMONIUM; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; WASTEWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 32244440556     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004349     Document Type: Article

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