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Quantifying nitrate pollution sources of the drinking water source area using a Bayesian isotope mixing model in the northeastern suburbs of Beijing, China

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Pages 350-367 | Received 03 Dec 2020, Accepted 11 May 2021, Published online: 22 Jun 2021

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