Multi-isotopic study (15N, 34S, 18O, 13C) to identify processes affecting nitrate and sulfate in response to local and regional groundwater mixing in a large-scale flow system

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-141

  Puig, R ^a   Folch, A ^b   Mencio A ^c   Soler, A ^a   Mas Pla, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT; HYDROCHEMICAL STUDY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS;

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MIXING;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

BASIN; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DENITRIFICATION; DILUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING; NITRATE; OXIDATION; RECHARGE; SULFATE; SURFACE;

SPAIN;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84876302503     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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