Modelling nitrate transport and turnover in a lowland catchment system

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 328, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 157-176

  Wriedt, Gunter ^a   Rode, Michael ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catchment; Denitrification; Diffuse pollution; Groundwater; Modelling; Nitrate; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES;

DIFFUSE POLLUTION; MODELING; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES;

CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER; LEACHATE; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE; SOIL NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY-ANHALT;

EID: 33747127821     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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