Linking denitrification and infiltration rates during managed groundwater recharge

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 9634-9640

  Schmidt, Calla M ^a   Fisher, Andrew T ^a   Racz, Andrew J ^a   Lockwood, Brian S ^b   Huertos, Marc Los ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION RATE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HIGH-FLOW RATE; IN-SITU; INFILTRATION RATE; ISOTOPIC METHODS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LOADS; PORE WATERS; QUANTITATIVE LINKS; SANDY SOILS; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; THERMAL METHODS; ZERO ORDER;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW RATE; SEEPAGE; TIME SERIES; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INFILTRATION; OXYGEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECHARGE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SANDY SOIL; SHALLOW WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW RATE; HYDROLOGY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL INFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DENITRIFICATION; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; SOIL;

EID: 81055144692     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2023626     Document Type: Article

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