Using δ15N- and δ18O-values to identify nitrate sources in karst ground water, Guiyang, Southwest China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 6928-6933

  Liu, Cong Qiang ^a   Li, Si Ang ^a   Lang, Yun Chao ^a   Xiao, Hua Yun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

MULTIPLE SOURCES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; SUBURBAN GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN 18; SURFACE WATER; FOSSIL FUEL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

CLIMATOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NITRIFICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIYANG; GUIZHOU;

CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33751092269     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0610129     Document Type: Article

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