Enhanced removal of groundwater-borne nitrate in heterogeneous aquatic sediments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 403-410

  Sawyer, A H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

denitrification; heterogeneity; hyporheic; nitrogen; surface water groundwater interactions; water quality

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTS; SILT; SURFACE WATERS; TRAVEL TIME; WATER QUALITY;

AEROBIC RESPIRATION; COASTAL WATER QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; HYPORHEIC; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; HETEROGENEITY; INFILL; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; TRAVEL TIME; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84923599378     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062234     Document Type: Article

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