Nitrogen isotopes as indicators of NOx source contributions to atmospheric nitrate deposition across the midwestern and northeastern United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7661-7667

  Elliott, E M ^a,b   Kendall, C ^a   Wankel, S D ^a   Burns, D A ^c   Boyer, E W ^d   Harlin, K ^e   Bain, D J ^a   Butler, T J ^f,g  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^f CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC NITRATE DEPOSITION; VEHICULAR SOURCES;

AIR POLLUTION;

FOSSIL FUEL; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; SULFITE;

AIR POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOSSIL FUEL; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROUS OXIDE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PH; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN OXIDES; RAIN; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248985199     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070898t     Document Type: Article

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