Groundwater nitrate pollution in an alluvium aquifer, Eskisehir urban area and its vicinity, Turkey

Environmental Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 178-184

  Kacaroglu F ^a   Gunay G ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eskisehir; Groundwater; Nitrate; Pollution; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; URBAN AREAS;

ALLUVIUM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; NITRATE POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

TURKEY, ESKISEHIR;

EID: 0030618712     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050178     Document Type: Article

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