The influence of nitrate leaching through unsaturated soil on groundwater pollution in an agricultural area of the Basque country: A case study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 317, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 173-187

  Sánchez Pérez, José Miguel ^a   Antiguedad, Iñaki ^b   Arrate, Iñaki ^c   García Linares, Cristina ^b   Morell, Ignacio ^d  

^a Lab d'Ecologie des Hydrosystemes   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c Basque Government   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater pollution; Nitrate leaching; Quaternary aquifer; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FERTILIZERS; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; WETLANDS;

WATER TABLE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; NITRATE; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; EVOLUTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SOIL; SPAIN; VOLUMETRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 16744368431     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00262-6     Document Type: Article

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