Contamination of corn growing areas due to intensive fertilization in the high plane of Mexico

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 77-98

  Guzmán, E T Romero ^a   Regil, En Ordoñez ^a   Gutiérrez, L R Reyes ^b   Alberich, M V Esteller ^c   Hernández, A Rojas ^d   Regil, Ed Ordoñez ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Leaching phosphate; Movement of nitrate; Nitrate and uranium through vadose zone; Phosphate; Uranium in water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHATES;

LEACHING PHOSPHATE; MOVEMENT OF NITRATE; NITRATE AND URANIUM THROUGH VADOSE ZONE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER; RAIN; SOIL WATER; SURFACE WATER; URANIUM;

AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHATES; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LEACHING; MAIZE; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; SURFACE WATER; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROP PRODUCTION; DESORPTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEACHING; MEXICO; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION; FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHATES; POLLUTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33747125116     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9114-1     Document Type: Article

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