Nitrate contamination sources in aquifers underlying cultivated fields in an arid region - The Arava Valley, Israel

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 322-332

  Shalev, N ^a,b   Burg, A ^b   Gavrieli, I ^b   Lazar, B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Fertilizers; Groundwater; Nitrate contamination; 15N; 18O

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CONTAMINATION; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; ISOTOPES; MANURES; MIXING; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEWAGE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

EXTREMELY ARID REGIONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER NITRATES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AQUIFER; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARID REGION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FERTILIZER; FLOOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MASS BALANCE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARAVA VALLEY; ISRAEL;

CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 84944450171     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.09.017     Document Type: Article

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