Identifying diffused nitrate sources in a stream in an agricultural field using a dual isotopic approach

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 484, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-18

  Ding, Jingtao ^a   Xi, Beidou ^b   Gao, Rutai ^b   He, Liansheng ^b   Liu, Hongliang ^b   Dai, Xuanli ^c   Yu, Yijun ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c Changzhou Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Dual isotope; Nitrate; SIAR; Source apportionment; Source identification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DROUGHT; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; SOILS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; SIAR; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; WATER QUALITY DETERIORATION;

ISOTOPES;

GROUND WATER; ORGANIC FERTILIZER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; FERTILIZER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LAKE; MANURE; NITRIFICATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; TAIHU BASIN;

AGRICULTURE; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SEASONS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84897041897     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.018     Document Type: Article

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