Anomalously high nitrate concentrations in ground water

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-282

  Guimerà, Jordi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b QuantiSci   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; NITRATES; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER RECIRCULATION;

AQUIFERS;

GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITRATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE;

EID: 0032032023     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb01093.x     Document Type: Article

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