Nitrates leaching from agricultural land in Hamadan, western Iran

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 210-218

  Jalali, Mohsen ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Iran; Leaching; Nitrate; Pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; NITRATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAMADAN; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 28744453058     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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