Contribution of the subsurface drainage system in changing the nitrogen speciation of an agricultural soil located in a complex marsh environment (Ferrara, Italy)

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-153

  Mastrocicco, M ^a   Colombani, N ^a   Di Giuseppe, D ^a   Faccini, B ^a   Coltorti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drainage; Inorganic N; Marshes; Permeability; Sediment heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CHEMICAL FLUX; CLAY SOIL; CORE SAMPLING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-CONTENT; LOW PERMEABILITY; MARSHES; N SPECIES; NITROGEN SPECIATION; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PALEO-CHANNEL; REDOX CONDITION; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SALINITY; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; WETLANDS;

DRAINAGE;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AMMONIUM; ANION; HETEROGENEITY; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MARSH; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCHANNEL; PEAT; PERMEABILITY; RECONSTRUCTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SALINITY; SOIL PROFILE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUBSURFACE FLOW; TILLAGE; WATERLOGGING;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; FERRARA; ITALY;

EID: 84873258841     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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