Nitrogen isotope studies of nitrate contamination of the thick vadose zones in the wastewater-irrigated area

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1475-1483

  Zhang, Cui Yun ^a   Zhang, Sheng ^a   Yin, Mi Ying ^a   Ma, Lin Na ^a   He, Ze ^a   Ning, Zhuo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Denitrification; Nitrogen isotopes; Thick vadose zone; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BOREHOLES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; FARMS; GROUNDWATER; INFILL DRILLING; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; NITRATES; SOILS; VEGETABLES;

CHINA; CONSISTENT VARIATION; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SHIJIAZHUANG , CHINA; VADOSE ZONE; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BOREHOLE; CORE ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RHIZOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VADOSE ZONE; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER;

CHINA; HEBEI; SHIJIAZHUANG;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84874109926     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1878-6     Document Type: Article

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