Nitrate removal in deep sediments of a nitrogen-rich river network: A test of a conceptual model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Stelzer, Robert S ^a   Bartsch, Lynn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX CONDITIONS; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES; WAUPACA BASIN; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84863007349     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG001990     Document Type: Article

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