Predicting ground water nitrate concentration from land use

Ground Water

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-352

  Gardner, Kristin K ^a   Vogel, Richard M ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; LAND USE; NITRATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS; WATER TABLES;

GROUNDWATER;

NITRATE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; PREDICTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FORECASTING; PERMEABILITY; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; FORECASTING; MASSACHUSETTS; NITRATES; PERMEABILITY; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

MASSACHUSETTS; NANTUCKET; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19044378630     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.0031.x     Document Type: Article

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