Nitrogen sources, transport and processing in peri-urban floodplains

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 494-495, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-38

  Gooddy, D C ^a   Macdonald, D M J ^a   Lapworth, D J ^a   Bennett, S A ^a   Griffiths, K J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floodplain hydrogeology; Groundwater surface water interaction; Nitrogen isotopes; Nutrient fluxes; Urban groundwater

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAND FILL; LOADING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; RIVERS; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; WATER QUALITY;

FLOOD PLAINS; GROUND WATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUTRIENT FLUXES; URBAN GROUNDWATER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROUS OXIDE; RIVER WATER; NITROGEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIUM; AQUIFER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFILL; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PERIURBAN AREA; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LANDFILL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NITROGEN PROCESSING; NITROGEN TRANSPORT; PERIURBAN AREA; PLUME; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENGLAND; OXFORD; OXFORDSHIRE; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84904382568     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.123     Document Type: Article

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