Nitrogen pollution characteristics and source analysis using the stable isotope tracing method in Ashi River, northeast China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4831-4839

  Ma, Guangwen ^a   Wang, Yeyao ^a   Bao, Xiang ^b   Hu, Yu ^c   Liu, Yuping ^d   He, Lihuan ^a   Wang, Taiming ^a   Meng, Fansheng ^b  

^a CHINA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTRE   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Heilongjiang Environmental Protection Academy of Science   (China)

Author keywords

Isotope tracers; Natural abundance; Nitrogen pollution; Non point source; Water quality; 15N NO3

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ASHES; DROUGHT; ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SEWAGE; TRACERS; WATER QUALITY;

ISOTOPE TRACERS; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; NITROGEN POLLUTION; NON-POINT SOURCE; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE TRACERS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84925490690     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3786-4     Document Type: Article

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