Detecting changes in the spatial distribution of nitrate contamination in ground water

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1209-1218

  Liu, Zhi Jun ^a,b,c,d   Hallberg, George R ^a,b,c,d   Zimmerman, Dale L ^a,b,c,d   Libra, Robert D ^a,b,c,d  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Geological Survey Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ground water; Nitrate; Non point source pollution; Spatial distribution; Trend surface analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DRAINAGE; FUNCTIONS; LAND USE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYNOMIALS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

NON POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SPATIAL CONTAMINATION DISTRIBUTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; NITRATE; NITRATE CONTAMINANTS; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION; WELL;

IOWA; USA;

EID: 0031434143     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb03547.x     Document Type: Article

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