Evaluation of nitrate source in surface water of southwestern China based on stable isotopes

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 219-228

  Li, Si Liang ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Xue, Zicheng ^a   Guan, Jin ^a   Lang, Yunchao ^a   Ding, Hu ^a   Li, Longbo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Nitrate; Stable isotopes; Vegetation cover; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; FLOW PATH; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; HIGH-CONTENT; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARSTIC AREA; NATURAL FORESTS; NITRATE SOURCES; NUTRIENT LOSS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIMARY SOURCES; SAMPLING PERIOD; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STUDY AREAS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER SOURCE; WATERSHED SCALE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION;

NITRATES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

EID: 84871932580     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1733-9     Document Type: Article

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