Demonstrating trend reversal of groundwater quality in relation to time of recharge determined by 3H/3He

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 797-807

  Visser, A ^a   Broers, H P ^b   van der Grift, B ^b   Bierkens, M F P ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3H 3He; Groundwater age; Groundwater quality; Monitoring; Nitrate; Trends

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER AGE; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; HELIUM; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

GROUND WATER; HELIUM; HELIUM 3; NITRATE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EUROPEAN UNION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LEGISLATION; NITRATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RECHARGE; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AGE DETERMINATION; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; LAW; NETHERLANDS; TREND STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; HELIUM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; ISOTOPES; NETHERLANDS; NITRATES; POTASSIUM; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250007682     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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