Nitrate pollution and preliminary source identification of surface water in a semi-arid river basin, using isotopic and hydrochemical approaches

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Xue, Ying ^a   Song, Jinxi ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^a   Kong, Feihe ^a   Wen, Ming ^a   Zhang, Guotao ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrochemistry; Nitrate pollution; Nitrogen isotope; Source; Surface water

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NITRATE POLLUTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SOURCE; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NITRATE (INORGANIC SALT); NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; WEI RIVER;

EID: 84984645418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w8080328     Document Type: Article

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