Nitrogen isotope tracing of sources of nitrate contamination in groundwater from wastewater irrigated area

Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 350-356

  Zhang, Cui Yun ^a   Zhang, Sheng ^a   Ma, Lin Na ^a   Yin, Mi Ying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental geochemistry; Groundwater; Hydrogeology; Nitrate contamination; Nitrogen isotopes; The thick vadose zone; Wastewater irrigation area

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; VADOSE ZONE; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION AREA;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 84859514060     PISSN: 10002383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3799/dqkx.2012.041     Document Type: Article

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