Tracing nitrate pollution sources and transformation in surface- and ground-waters using environmental isotopes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 213-222

  Zhang, Yan ^a,b   Li, Fadong ^a   Zhang, Qiuying ^c   Li, Jing ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Irrigated agricultural region; Isotope; Nitrate; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; OXYGEN; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS;

DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL REGION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NITRATES;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; NITRATE; NITRATE NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEUTERIUM; DRY SEASON; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WET SEASON;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84901054709     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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