Tracing the sources of nitrate in karstic groundwater in Zunyi, Southwest China: A combined nitrogen isotope and water chemistry approach

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1415-1423

  Li, Si Liang ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^a   Lang, Yun Chao ^a   Zhao, Zhi Qi ^a   Zhou, Zhi Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture fertilizer; Groundwater; Nitrate; Nitrogen isotope

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CATTLE MANURES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONDUIT NETWORKS; DOMINANT SPECIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC DATA; KARST AQUIFER; KARSTIC; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NITRATE NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; POINT SOURCES; PRIMARY SOURCES; RAPID MOVEMENTS; SOUTHWEST CHINA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN GROUNDWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER SAMPLES;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MANURES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST HYDROLOGY; MANURE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POINT SOURCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; ZUNYI;

BOS;

EID: 77953626279     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0277-0     Document Type: Article

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