Use of stabile isotopes and tracers to detect preferential flow patterns in a peatland treating municipal wastewater

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 347, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 418-429

  Ronkanen, Anna Kaisa ^a   Kløve, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Hydraulics; Peatlands; Stabile isotopes; Tracer tests; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; PEATLANDS; STABILE ISOTOPES; TRACER TESTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FLOW PATTERN; HYDRAULICS; PEATLAND; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RESIDENCE TIME; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 36249024293     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.029     Document Type: Article

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