Analysis of nitrate in near-surface aquifers in the midcontinental United States: An application of the inverse hyperbolic sine Tobit model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3003-3011

  Yen, Steven T ^a   Liu, Shiping ^b   Kolpin, Dana W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Providian Bancorp   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

AQUIFER; ELASTICITY; FOREST; MODEL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PASTURE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; NITRATE; TOBIT MODEL;

USA;

EID: 0030431951     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR02102     Document Type: Article

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