Using 17O to investigate nitrate sources and sinks in a semi-arid groundwater system

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 745-751

  Dejwakh, Navid René ^a   Meixner, Thomas ^a   Michalski, Greg ^b   McIntosh, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC NITRATES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; N VALUE; NATURAL WATERS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE SOURCES; SEMI ARID; URBAN SETTINGS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES;

NITRATES;

GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; NITRATE; OXYGEN 17; OXYGEN 18; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEMIARID REGION;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; NITROGEN CYCLING; SEMIARID CLIMATE; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84855915591     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203450z     Document Type: Article

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