Regional-scale assessment of non-point source groundwater contamination

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 957-965

  Loague, Keith ^a   Corwin, Dennis L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROCHEMICALS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; GIS; GROUNDWATER; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, FRESNO COUNTY;

EID: 0032073016     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199805)12:6<957::AID-HYP665>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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