Use of 18O, 2H and 15N to identify nitrate contamination of groundwater in a wastewater irrigated field near the city of Shijiazhuang, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 326, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 367-378

  Chen, Jianyao ^a   Tang, Changyuan ^b   Yu, Jingjie ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

China; Groundwater; Nitrate contamination; Stable isotopes; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; WASTEWATER;

NITRATE CONTAMINATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBURBS; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; WASTEWATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRATE; WASTEWATER;

GROUND WATER; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; POLLUTION; WASTE WATERS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; SHIJIAZHUANG;

EID: 33744898789     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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