Timescales and development of groundwater pollution by nitrate in drinking water wells of the Jahna-Aue, Saxonia, Germany

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Osenbrück, Karsten ^a   Fiedler, Stefan ^a   Knöller, Kay ^a   Weise, Stephan M ^a   Sültenfuß, Jürgen ^b   Oster, Harald ^c   Strauch, Gerhard ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Trace Gas Laboratory Dr Oster   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

DRINKING WATER CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER PUMPING; MEAN RESIDENCE TIMES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

AQUIFER; CFC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; PHREATIC ZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RESIDENCE TIME; TIMESCALE; TRITIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 33846569526     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR004977     Document Type: Article

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