Distribution and origin of nitrate in groundwater in an urban and suburban aquifer in Mar del Plata, Argentina

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1877-1886

  Martínez, Daniel ^a,b   Moschione, Eleonora ^c   Bocanegra, Emilia ^a   Glok Galli, Melisa ^a,b   Aravena, Ramón ^d  

^a Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario U N de Mar del Plata   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentina; Mar del Plata; Nitrate groundwater pollution; Nitrate isotopes; Nitrate sources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RURAL AREAS; SEWAGE; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; MAR DEL PLATA; NITRATE GROUNDWATER POLLUTIONS; NITRATE ISOTOPES; NITRATE SOURCES;

NITRATES;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; MAR DEL PLATA;

EID: 84907594932     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3096-x     Document Type: Article

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