Identification of nitrate sources in groundwater by δ15Nnitrate and δ 18Onitrate isotope: A study of the shallow Pleistocene aquifer in the Jericho area, Palestine

Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 27-33

  Khayat, Saed ^a   Geyer, Stefan ^b   Hötzl, Heinz ^a   Ghanem, Marwan ^c   Ali, Wasim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Isotope; N 15 isotope; Nitrate; O 18 isotope; Palestine; Pollution; Water quality; Westbank

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; SEPTIC TANKS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; JERICHO; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WEST BANK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646268440     PISSN: 03234320     EISSN: 1521401X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aheh.200400615     Document Type: Article

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