Nutrients in groundwaters of the conterminous United States, 1992-1995

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1156-1165

  Nolan, Bernard T ^a   Stoner, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DENITRIFICATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; NUTRIENT; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034176177     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9907663     Document Type: Article

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