Relationship between land-use and sources and fate of nitrate in groundwater in a typical recharge area of the North China Plain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 609, Issue , 2017, Pages 607-620

  Wang, Shiqin ^a   Zheng, Wenbo ^a,b   Currell, Matthew ^c   Yang, Yonghui ^a   Zhao, Huan ^d   Lv, Mengyu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Land use; Multivariate statistical analysis; Nitrate in groundwater; Nitrate source; North China Plain; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HOUSING; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MANURES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITRATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE SOURCES; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES OF WATER;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CHLORIDE ION; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN 18;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; FOREST; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ISOTOPE TRACING; LAND USE; MANURE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEPTIC TANK; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 85026262475     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.176     Document Type: Article

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