Flood survey of nitrate behaviour using nitrogen isotope tracing in the critical zone of a French agricultural catchment

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 347, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 328-337

  Paul, Alexia ^a,b,c   Moussa, Issam ^a,b   Payre, Virginie ^a,b   Probst, Anne ^a,b   Probst, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Université de Toulouse   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural catchment; Critical zone; Denitrification; Fertiliser input; Floods; Nitrate pollution

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; FLOODING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84951188763     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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