Using nitrate isotope to trace the nitrogen pollution in Chanhe and Laohe River

Huanjing Kexue/Environmental Science

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2305-2310

  Xing, Meng ^a,b   Liu, Wei Guo ^a,c   Hu, Jing ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

15N; Nitrate; Nitrogen pollution; River; Trace

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78049419908     PISSN: 02503301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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