Sources and transport of nitrate constrained by the isotopic technique in a karst catchment: An example from Southwest China

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1883-1893

  Yue, Fu Jun ^a   Li, Si Liang ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^a   Lang, Yun Chao ^a   Ding, Hu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonate weathering; Denitrification; Karst catchment; Nitrate flux; Nitrate isotopes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; DROUGHT; FERTILIZERS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; MANURES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; RUNOFF; WEATHERING;

CARBONATE WEATHERING; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROCESS; DENITRIFICATION RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE FLUXES; NITRATE ISOTOPES; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS;

NITRATES;

CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST; NITRATE; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; HOUZHAI BASIN;

SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS;

EID: 85027955720     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10302     Document Type: Article

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