Distribution, genesis, and pollution risk of ammonium nitrogen in groundwater in an arid loess plain, northwestern China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2017, Pages

  Zuo, Rui ^a,b   Chen, Xiaojuan ^a,b   Li, Xianbo ^a,b   Shan, Dan ^c   Yang, Jie ^a,b   Wang, Jinsheng ^a,b   Teng, Yanguo ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Sino Japan Friendship Centre for Environmental Protection   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrogen; DRTCLN model; Groundwater; Monte Carlo; Pollution risk; Riverside water sources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; REDOX REACTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

AMMONIUM NITROGEN; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; MEASURED PARAMETERS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; WATER SOURCE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; AQUIFER; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFILTRATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; REDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 85029184104     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6963-4     Document Type: Article

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