Spatial variability of shallow groundwater level, electrical conductivity and nitrate concentration, and risk assessment of nitrate contamination in North China Plain

Environment International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 896-903

  Hu, Kelin ^a   Huang, Yuangfang ^a   Li, Hong ^a,b   Li, Baoguo ^a   Chen, Deli ^c   White, Robert Edlin ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Groundwater level; Indictor Kriging; Nitrate; Ordinary Kriging; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILIZERS; LEACHING; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER LEVELS;

GROUNDWATER LEVEL; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; SOIL SALINIZATION;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVALUATION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONDUCTIVITY; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZERS; GROUND WATER; LEACHING; NITRATES; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; WORLD;

EID: 22544434059     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.028     Document Type: Article

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