Groundwater and surface-water exchange and resulting nitrate dynamics in the bogue phalia basin in Northwestern Mississippi

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-169

  Barlow, Jeannie R B ^a   Coupe, Richard H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ALLUVIAL PLAINS; ENERGY TRANSPORT; EXCHANGE MODELS; GRAVEL AQUIFERS; GROUND-WATER AND SURFACE-WATER INTERACTION; HEAD DATA; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MISSISSIPPI; MODEL RESULTS; MONITORING WELLS; NITRATE DYNAMICS; NITRATE LOSS; STREAMBEDS; VARIABLY SATURATED FLOW;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; NITRATES;

SURFACE WATERS;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SURFACE WATER; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER EXCHANGE; HEAT; PROCESS MODEL; STREAM (RIVER); WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MISSISSIPPI; NITRATES; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84857074328     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0087     Document Type: Article

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