Bio-geological processes of nitrogen transport and transformation in the aeration zone and aquifer

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 316-326

  Zhang, D ^a   Li, G ^a   Yang, Y S ^b   Zhang, X ^a   Guo, H ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Groundwater; Nitrate; Nitrification; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AERATION ZONE; AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; DENITRIFICATION RATE; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; GROUND WATER TABLE; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION RATES; NITROGEN TRANSPORT; SOIL PROFILES; SUB-CATCHMENT; TOP SOILS; TREATED WASTEWATER; VERTICAL INFILTRATION; WATER FLUX; YUNNAN , CHINA; ZERO-FLUX PLANE;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

INFILTRATION;

AQUIFER; DENITRIFICATION; DISCHARGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; CHINA; DIANCHI LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUNMING; YUNNAN;

EID: 69949190149     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.2.316     Document Type: Article

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