Flow and patterns of nitrate pollution in groundwater: A case study of an agricultural area in Tsukuba City, Japan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 908-919

  Gallardo, Adrian H ^a,b   Reyes Borja, Walter ^b   Tase, Norio ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Fertilizers; Groundwater contamination; Ibaraki prefecture; Japan; Nitrate; Tsukuba City

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES;

IBARAKI PREFECTURE; JAPAN; NITRATE POLLUTION; TSUKUBA CITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; TSUKUBA; WORLD;

EID: 26944439490     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0029-8     Document Type: Article

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