Vulnerability assessments of Colorado ground water to nitrate contamination

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 373-394

  Ceplecha, Z L ^a   Waskom, R M ^b   Bauder, T A ^b   Sharkoff, J L ^c   Khosla, R ^b  

^a Higgins and Associates LLC   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; GIS; Ground water; Nitrate leaching; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRAINAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LEACHING; NITRATES;

NITRATE LEACHING; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY MAP (VM); VULNERABILITY MATRIX (VMX);

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; WATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; NITRATE; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; LAND USE; SOIL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 23744517236     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000049188.73506.c9     Document Type: Article

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