Application of isotopic and geochemical tools for the evaluation of nitrogen cycling in an agricultural basin, the Fucino Plain, Central Italy

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 372, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 124-135

  Petitta, Marco ^a   Fracchiolla, Domenico ^a   Aravena, Ramon ^b   Barbieri, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Denitrification; Groundwater; Isotope geochemistry; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; CAPTURE ZONES; CENTRAL ITALY; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CONCENTRATION DATA; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DEEP WELLS; HISTORICAL TRENDS; IRRIGATION CHANNELS; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC FINGERPRINTING; LOW PERMEABILITY; MANURE APPLICATIONS; NEW APPLICATIONS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE SOURCES; NITROGEN CYCLING; SEASONAL CHANGES; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; STUDY AREAS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; DENITRIFICATION; EARTH SCIENCES; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEAVY WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; MANURES; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; SEEPAGE; WATER CONTENT; WATER WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AQUIFER; DENITRIFICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PERMEABILITY; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER TABLE;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; FUCINO PLAIN; ITALY; L'AQUILA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 65649141666     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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