Longitudinal transformation of nitrogen and carbon in the hyporheic zone of an N-rich stream: A combined modelling and field study

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 599-611

  Peyrard, D ^a,b   Delmotte, S ^c   Sauvage, S ^a,b   Namour, P ^d   Gerino, M ^a,b   Vervier, P ^a,b   Sanchez Perez, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MAD Environment (Modeling and Analysis of Data in Environment)   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Hyporheic zone; N rich stream; Nitrate; Organic matter; Reactive transport model

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONING; CARBON ADDITION; CHEMICAL PROFILES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FIELD DATA; FIELD STUDIES; FOURTH-ORDER; HYPORHEIC; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INTERSTITIAL WATER; MODEL RESULTS; N-RICH STREAM; POTENTIAL DENITRIFICATION; REACTIVE-TRANSPORT MODEL; SEPARATE EFFECTS;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; MODELS; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS;

STREAM FLOW;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYPORHEIC ZONE; NITROGEN; PIEZOMETER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

FRANCE; HERS RIVER;

EID: 80052654796     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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