Large tank experiment on nitrate fate and transport: The role of permeability distribution

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 903-914

  Mastrocicco, M ^a   Colombani, N ^a,b   Palpacelli, S ^c   Castaldelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Fertilizers; Heterogeneities; Pollution; Transport modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; ELUTION EXPERIMENTS; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FILLING MATERIALS; FLOWING WATERS; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITIES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MIGRATION RATES; NORTHERN ITALY; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; PORE WATERS; SLUG TEST; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TAP WATER; TOP SOILS; TRANSPORT MODELING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; EXPERIMENTS; FERTILIZERS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TESTING;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CLEANUP; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAIN SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; NITRATE; PERMEABILITY; PIEZOMETER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POREWATER; SATURATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SULFATE; TOPSOIL;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; FERRARA; ITALY;

EID: 79958185775     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0759-0     Document Type: Article

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