Groundwater flow and transport and potential sources of groundwater nitrates in the Ryukyu Limestone as a mixed flow aquifer in Okinawa Island, Japan

Paddy and Water Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 367-384

  Yoshimoto, Shuhei ^a   Tsuchihara, Takeo ^a   Ishida, Satoshi ^a   Masumoto, Takao ^a   Imaizumi, Masayuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL ENGINEERING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caves and caverns; Karst hydrology; Nitrates; Nitrogen stable isotopes; Radon; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; DIFFUSE FLOW; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; HUMAN WASTE; HYDROGEOLOGIC SETTING; HYDROGRAPHS; KARST HYDROLOGY; LIMESTONE AQUIFERS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; MIXED FLOWS; N VALUE; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SAMPLING SITE; TRAVEL TIME; UPLAND AREA;

AQUIFERS; CAVES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFINED FLOW; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; LIMESTONE; NITRATES; RADON; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80255140493     PISSN: 16112490     EISSN: 16112504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10333-011-0252-8     Document Type: Article

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