Naturally high nitrate concentrations in groundwaters from the sahel

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1231-1239

  Edmunds, W M ^a   Gaye, C B ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cheikh A Diop University   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRATES; SAND; WATER ANALYSIS;

LEGUMINOUS VEGETATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031224846     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600050006x     Document Type: Article

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