Behaviour and impact of cow slurry beneath a storage lagoon: 1. Groundwater contamination 1975-1982

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 107, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 35-49

  Withers, Paul J A ^a   McDonald, Hamish G ^a   Smith, Kenneth A ^a   Chumbley, Colin G ^b  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Races Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cow slurry; Groundwater pollution; Self sealing; Slurry lagoon; Upper Chalk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SLURRIES; SODIUM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

COW SLURRY; SELF-SEALING LAGOONS; SLURRY LAGOONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE;

AQUIFER; CHALK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SLURRY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COW; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0032192604     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004923631734     Document Type: Article

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