Understanding the sources and fate of nitrate in a highly developed aquifer system

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-81

  Murgulet, Dorina ^a   Tick, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; End member mixing; Forensic analysis; Groundwater; Isotopes; Nitrate sources

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; FORENSIC ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER NITRATES; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; NITRATE SOURCES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MIXING; NITRATES;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

AMMONIA; BROMINE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN 18; SULFATE;

COASTAL AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPE; MIXING RATIO; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAND USE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

DENITRIFICATION; END-MEMBER MIXING; FORENSIC ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; NITRATE SOURCES;

ALABAMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84886995818     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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