Hydrochemical and stable isotopic assessment of nitrate contamination in an alluvial aquifer underneath a riverside agricultural field

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1819-1827

  Chae, Gi Tak ^a,b   Yun, Seong Taek ^a,c   Mayer, Bernhard ^c   Choi, Byoung Young ^a   Kim, Kyoung Ho ^a   Kwon, Jang Soon ^a   Yu, Soon Young ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Groundwater pollution; Mass balance modeling; Nitrate; Nitrogen and oxygen isotopes; Riverside alluvium aquifer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ECO-FRIENDLY; FERTILIZATION RATES; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; HYDROCHEMICAL MODELING; HYDROCHEMICALS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MAJOR IONS; MASS BALANCE MODELING; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RICE PADDY; RIVERSIDE ALLUVIUM AQUIFER; SANDY SOILS; SILTY SOILS; STUDY AREAS; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS; VEGETABLE FIELD;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; OXYGEN; SOILS; UREA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MASS BALANCE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; BUYEO; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH CHUNGCHEONG; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 70349166294     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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