Predicting the denitrification capacity of sandy aquifers from shorter-term incubation experiments and sediment properties

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1013-1035

  Eschenbach, W ^a,b   Well, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; DENITRIFICATION; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84874414255     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-1013-2013     Document Type: Article

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