Tracking Fertilizer Flushing Through the Vadose Zone Using the Dual Stable Isotopes of Water and Nitrate

Julie N Weitzman1, J Renee Brooks2, Jana Compton2, Barton R Faulkner3, Ronald E. Peachey4, William Rugh2, Rob Coulombe5, Blake Hatteberg5 and Steve Hutchins3, (1)ORISE Fellow at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Corvallis, United States, (2)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Corvallis, United States, (3)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Groundwater Characterization and Remediation Division, Ada, United States, (4)Oregon State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Horticulture, Corvallis, United States, (5)CSS, Corvallis, OR, United States