Using stable isotopes in tracing contaminant sources in an industrial area: A case study on the hydrological basin of the Olt River, Romania

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 533, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-23

  Popescu, Raluca ^a   Mimmo, Tanja ^b   Dinca, Oana Romina ^a   Capici, Calogero ^b   Costinel, Diana ^a   Sandru, Claudia ^a   Ionete, Roxana Elena ^a   Stefanescu, Ioan ^a   Axente, Damian ^c  

^a National Research Institute ICSI Ramnicu   (Romania)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ISOTOPIC AND MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Industrial area; Inorganic nitrogen species; Pollution source; Stable isotopes; Surface water

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES;

CONTAMINANT SOURCES; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INORGANIC NITROGEN; INORGANIC NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; MIXING CALCULATIONS; POLLUTION SOURCES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DELTA HYDROGEN 2; DELTA NITROGEN 15; DELTA OXYGEN 18; DEUTERIUM; INDUSTRIAL WATER; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN 18; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLOGY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTOPE TRACING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RIVER BASIN; ROMANIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

OLT RIVER; ROMANIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOTOPES; RIVERS; ROMANIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84934273494     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.078     Document Type: Article

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