Correlation between Nitrate Contamination and Ground Water Pollution Potential

Ground Water

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 735-745

  Chowdhury, Shafiul H ^a   Kehew, Alan E ^b   Passero, Richard N ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLAY; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES;

PARTIAL CHEMISTRY;

GROUNDWATER;

NITRATE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTUAL DATABASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242407392     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2003.tb02415.x     Document Type: Article

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