Nitrogen isotope study on nitrate-contaminated groundwater in the Sichuan Basin, China

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 178, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 145-156

  Li, Xiaodong ^a,b   Masuda, Harue ^a   Koba, Keisuke ^c   Zeng, Haiao ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonium and nitrate ions; Groundwater pollution; Nitrogen isotopes; Pollutant sources; Sichuan Basin

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

NITRATE IONS; POLLUTANT SOURCES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; WATER ANALYSIS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); SEWAGE; TILLAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN BASIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846177849     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9186-y     Document Type: Article

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