The dynamics of N2O near the groundwater table and the transfer of N2O into the unsaturated zone: A case study from a sandy aquifer in Germany

Catena

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-373

  Deurer, M ^a   von der Heide, C ^b   Bottcher J ^b   Duijnisveld, W H M ^c   Weymann, D ^d   Well, R ^d  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Hydropedology; Indirect emission; IPCC method; Multiple regression

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TABLE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 36049021795     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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