Impacts of agricultural irrigation recharge on groundwater quality in a basalt aquifer system (Washington, USA): A multi-tracer approach

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1039-1051

  Brown, Kyle B ^a   McIntosh, Jennifer C ^a   Rademacher, Laura K ^b   Lohse, Kathleen A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Groundwater age; Hydrochemistry; Stable isotopes; USA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AQUIFER; BASALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 79961097265     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0736-z     Document Type: Article

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