Nitrogen-isotope ratios of nitrate in ground water under fertilized fields, Long Island, New York

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Abstract

Ground-water samples from two heavily fertilized sites in Suffolk County, New York, were collected through the 1978 growing season and analyzed for nitrate-N concentrations and nitrogen-isotope ratios. Six wells were at a potato farm; six were on a golf course. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the 15N/14N ratios (δ15N values) of fertilizer are increased during transit from land surface to ground water to an extent which would preclude use of this ratio to distinguish agricultural from animal sources of nitrate in ground water.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Nitrogen-isotope ratios of nitrate in ground water under fertilized fields, Long Island, New York
Series title Groundwater
DOI 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1985.tb02780.x
Volume 23
Issue 1
Year Published 1985
Language English
Publisher National Groundwater Association
Description 9 p.
First page 59
Last page 67
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