Nitrogen speciation and trends, and prediction of denitrification extent, in shallow US groundwater

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 509, Issue , 2014, Pages 343-353

  Hinkle, Stephen R ^a   Tesoriero, Anthony J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Classification tree; Denitrification; Groundwater age; N2; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CARBON-NITROGEN CYCLES; CLASSIFICATION TREES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER AGES; NITROGEN SPECIATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

AQUIFERS; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SOIL MOISTURE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AMMONIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; CARBON CYCLE; DENITRIFICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PREDICTION; RESIDENCE TIME; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890408305     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.11.048     Document Type: Article

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