Geology, groundwater flow, and water quality in the Walnut Creek watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-69

  Eidem, J M ^a   Simpkins, W W ^b   Burkart, M R ^c  

^a Geomatrix Consultants   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EROSION; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER QUALITY;

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OXIDIZED ZONES;

WATERSHEDS;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; LEACHING; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

CANIS; JUGLANS; PEORIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032910733     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800010006x     Document Type: Article

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