A nitrogen-rich septage-effluent plume in a glacial aquifer, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, February 1990 through December 1992
Water Supply Paper
2456
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Abstract
Physical, chemical, and microbial processes controlled transport of a nitrogen-rich ground-water plume through a glacial aquifer. Lithologic heterogeneity and vertical head gradients influenced plume movement and geometry. Nitrate was the predominant nitrogen form and oxygen was depleted in the ground-water plume. However, denitrification transformed only 2 percent of plume nitrogen because of limited organic-carbon availability. Aerobic respiration, nitrification and cation exchange (unsaturated zone) and ammonium sorption (saturated zone) had larger effects.
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DeSimone, L.A., Barlow, P.M., Howes, B., 1996, A nitrogen-rich septage-effluent plume in a glacial aquifer, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, February 1990 through December 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2456, vi, 89 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp2456.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | A nitrogen-rich septage-effluent plume in a glacial aquifer, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, February 1990 through December 1992 |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 2456 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp2456 |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. G.P.O. ; For sale by the U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services, |
| Description | vi, 89 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |