Distribution of nitrate in groundwater affected by the presence of an aquitard at an agricultural area in Chiba, Japan

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1531-1545

  Nishikiori, Tatsuhiro ^a   Takamatsu, Takejiro ^a   Kohzu, Ayato ^b   Nakajima, Yasuhiro ^c   Watanabe, Mirai ^b  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

15N; 18O; Aquitard; Denitrification; Groundwater; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AQUITARDS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CHIBA ,JAPAN; FORESTED AREA; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; LIVESTOCK WASTES; STUDY AREAS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AGRICULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MANURES; NITRATES; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER POLLUTION; AQUITARD; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WATER QUALITY;

CHIBA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 84867744066     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1598-y     Document Type: Article

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