Implications of on-ground nitrogen loading and soil transformations on ground water quality management

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-186

  Almasri, Mohammad N ^a   Kaluarachchi, Jagath J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Ground water; Modeling; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Nonpoint source pollution

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEACHING; LOADING; MANURES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

MODELING; NITRATE LEACHING; ON-GROUND NITROGEN; SOIL TRANSFORMATIONS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; NITROGEN;

GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; NITROGEN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 1842422844     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01017.x     Document Type: Article

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