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Fukada, Teppei, Hiscock, Kevin M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4505-1496, Dennis, Paul F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0307-4406 and Grischek, Thomas
(2003)
A dual isotope approach to identify denitrification in groundwater at a river-bank infiltration site.
Water Research, 37 (13).
pp. 3070-3078.
ISSN 1879-2448
Abstract
The identification of denitrification in the Torgau sand and gravel aquifer, Germany, was carried out by a dual isotope method of measuring both the d15N and d18O in NO3-. Samples were prepared by an anion exchange resin method (Silva et al., J. Hydrol. 228 (2000) 22) with a modification to the AgNO3-drying process from a freeze-drying to an oven-drying method. The occurrence of denitrification in the aquifer was confirmed by comparing the reduction of dissolved oxygen, dissolved organic carbon and NO3- concentrations with the dual isotope signatures. High nitrate concentrations were associated with low d15N and d18O values, and vice versa. The denitrification accords with a Rayleigh equation with calculated enrichment factors of =-13.62‰ for d15N and =-9.80‰ for d18O. The slope of the straight-line relationship between the d15N and d18O data demonstrated that the enrichment of the heavy nitrogen isotope was higher by a factor of 1.3 compared with the heavy oxygen isotope. It is concluded that the identification of this factor is a useful means for confirming denitrification in future groundwater studies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Rosie Cullington |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2011 14:31 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2023 11:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/30854 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00176-3 |
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