Nitrate degradation without 15N enrichment: A hydrochemical and isotopic study of a fractured rock aquifer including embedded lakes

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-260

  Bozau, Elke ^a   Knöller, Kay ^a   Strauch, Gerhard ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractured rock aquifer; Groundwater; Lake; Nitrate; Nitrogen 15; Oxygen 18

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE DYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

DEUTERIUM; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GERMANY;

DEUTERIUM; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 33746658687     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010600840135     Document Type: Article

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