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Aquifers : formation, transport and pollution /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Laughton, Rachel H. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Hauppauge, N.Y.] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011.
Colección:Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • "" AQUIFERS: FORMATION, TRANSPORT AND POLLUTION ""; ""AQUIFERS: FORMATION, TRANSPORT AND POLLUTION ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS DEHNH.: AN EFFECTIVE REMEDIATOR OF GEOLOGIC NITROGEN IN GROUNDWATER""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""FOREWORD""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM""; ""SECTION ONE: BACKGROUND ""; ""1.1. Nitrate and Groundwater ""; ""1.2. Origin of Nitrate in Groundwater ""; ""1.2.1. Anthropogenic activities ""; ""1.2.2. Atmospheric deposition ""; ""1.2.3. Geologic origin of nitrogen ""; ""1.3. Nitrate Transport Pathways into Groundwater ""
  • ""1.3.1. Nitrate transport by surface and subsurface flow """"1.3.2. Nitrate transport by vertical flow ""; ""1.3.3. Nitrate transport in groundwater""; ""1.4. Main Nitrate Mitigating Processes of Groundwater ""; ""1.4.1. Denitrification ""; ""1.4.2. Plant uptake""; ""1.4.3. Dilution""; ""SECTION TWO: METHODOLOGY""; ""2.1. Description of the Study Area""; ""2.1.1. Geology and geomorphology""; ""2.1.2. Hydrology ""; ""2.1.3. Groundwater ""; ""2.1.4. Water quality""; ""2.1.5. Soil formation and their characteristics""; ""2.1.6. Aquifer management project ""
  • ""2.1.6.1. The Gareh Bygone Plain aquifer management project """"2.1.8. Demography""; ""2.1.9. Soil and water analyses ""; ""2.2 Methodology ""; ""2.2.1. Geologic materials sampling ""; ""2.2.2. Characterization of geologic materials ""; ""2.2.3. Rock sample preparation for mineralogical studies ""; ""2.2.4. X-ray diffraction study ""; ""2.2.5. Rainwater analysis ""; ""2.2.6. Water sampling to measure nitrate concentration in the main flow pathways ""; ""2.2.6.1. Floodwater sampling""; ""2.2.6.2. Incoming groundwater""
  • ""2.3. Experiment Two: Determination of Periodic Impacts of Different Landuse Systems on the Groundwater Nitrate Concentration on the Existing Production Wells """"2.3.1. Methodology ""; ""2.4. Experiment Three: Mechanisms of Nitrate Removal from Soil and Groundwater Systems ""; ""Methodology""; ""2.4.1. Nitrate uptake ""; ""2.4.1.1. Leaching in saturated packed soil columns""; ""2.4.1.2. Leaching study with semi-saturated packed soil columns in the open field""; ""2.4.2. Nitrate adsorption isotherm for soil and sediment ""; ""2.4.3. Nitrate adsorption envelope for soil sample ""
  • ""2.4.4. Nitrate adsorption isotherm by palygorskite """"2.4.5. Determination of the pHo of the soil samples ""; ""2.4.6. Dilution""; ""2.4.7. Determination of the pH of the root surface Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh""; ""2.5. Experiment Three: Nitrate Transport Prediction in the Soil Columns and the Phreatic Zone of the Bisheh Zard Aquifer Using the HYDRUS-1D and MODFLOW Computer Models ""; ""SECTION THREE: RESULTS ""; ""3.1. Experiment One: Determination of the Potential Natural Sources of Nitrate Contamination to the Groundwater and Their Concentrations in the Main Flow Pathways ""