Use of a Bayesian isotope mixing model to estimate proportional contributions of multiple nitrate sources in surface water

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-49

  Xue, Dongmei ^a   De Baets, Bernard ^a   Van Cleemput, Oswald ^a   Hennessy, Carmel ^b   Berglund, Michael ^b   Boeckx, Pascal ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

NO 3 contamination; NO 3 source contribution; NO 3 source identification; SIAR; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ANNUAL MEAN; ISOTOPE VALUES; MIXING MODELS; NITRATE SOURCES; SIAR; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

ESTIMATION; FERTILIZERS; ISOTOPES; MANURES; RAIN; SEWAGE;

SURFACE WATERS;

NITRATE; SURFACE WATER;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANURE; MIXING; NITRATE; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ISOTOPE TRACING; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80054862361     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.09.033     Document Type: Article

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