Nitrate contamination in a shallow urban aquifer in East Ukraine: evidence from hydrochemical, stable isotopes of nitrate and land use analysis

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2017, Pages

  Vystavna, Y ^a,b   Diadin, D ^b   Yakovlev, V ^c   Hejzlar, J ^a   Vadillo, I ^d   Huneau, F ^e,f   Lehmann, M F ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b O M BEKETOV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF URBAN ECONOMY IN KHARKIV   (Ukraine)

^c Kharkiv Water Quality Laboratory Playa   (Ukraine)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Land use; Nitrate; Sewage; Stable isotopes; Urban groundwater

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

DRINKING WATER SOURCES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HYDROCHEMICAL TRACERS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REGIONAL HYDROGEOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS; STABLE ISOTOPES; URBAN GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; URBAN AREA;

CHARKOV; UKRAINE;

EID: 85021946054     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6796-1     Document Type: Article

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