Nitrate concentration changes at the groundwater-surface water interface of a small Cumbrian river

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2195-2211

  Krause, Stefan ^a   Heathwaite, Louise ^b   Binley, Andrew ^b   Keenan, Patrick ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groundwater surface water interface; Hyporheic zone; Nitrate; Riparian

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; FLOW PATH; GROUNDWATER MIXING; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERFACE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERFACES; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYPORHEIC; HYPORHEIC ZONE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN SPECIATION; OBSERVATION PERIOD; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PORE WATERS; PRESSURE HEADS; REDOX CONDITION; REDOX STATUS; RIPARIAN; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT STRUCTURES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMBED; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; SUPERFICIAL SEDIMENTS; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER INFILTRATION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; STREAM FLOW;

RIVERS;

BASEFLOW; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INFILTRATION; NITRATE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RIPARIAN ZONE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650330236     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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