Sources and behaviour of nitrogen compounds in the shallow groundwater of agricultural areas (Poyang Lake basin, China)

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2017, Pages 59-69

  Soldatova, Evgeniya ^a   Guseva, Natalia ^a   Sun, Zhanxue ^b   Bychinsky, Valeriy ^c   Boeckx, Pascal ^d   Gao, Bai ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c VINOGRADOV INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Jiangxi Province; NH4+; Nitrogen cycle; Redox geochemistry; Stable isotopes; Thermodynamic modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATES; SEWAGE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER SUPPLY;

JIANGXI PROVINCE; NH4^+; NITROGEN CYCLES; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN 18; MANURE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMMONIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODELING; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN CYCLE; REDOX CONDITIONS; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAKE; NITRIFICATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; THERMODYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MANURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; JIANGXI; POYANG BASIN;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; MANURE; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85019860704     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.05.002     Document Type: Article

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