Spatial and temporal dynamics of coupled groundwater and nitrogen fluxes through a streambed in an agricultural watershed

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Kennedy, Casey D ^a,b   Genereux, David P ^b   Corbett, D Reide ^c   Mitasova, Helena ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; CHEMICAL VARIABLES; CONCENTRATION OF; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; N SPECIES; NITROGEN FLUXES; NORTH CAROLINA; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SIZE AND SHAPE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; STREAMBEDS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER FLUX;

DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; WATERSHEDS;

DYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM BED; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 72149089873     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007397     Document Type: Article

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