A fuzzy logic approach to assess groundwater pollution levels below agricultural fields

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 337-354

  Muhammetoglu, Ayse ^a   Yardimci, Ahmet ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Fertilizers; Fuzzy Logic; Groundwater; Nitrate; Nitrite; Orthophosphate; Pollution; Seepage Index Number; Water Pollution Index

Indexed keywords

ORTHOPHOSPHATE; SEEPAGE INDEX NUMBER; WATER POLLUTION INDEX;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; FERTILIZERS; FUZZY SETS; MONITORING; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; SEEPAGE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORTHOPHOSPHATE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CULTIVATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MODEL; SALINITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FUZZY LOGIC; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHOSPHATES; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 33748133837     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-1497-3     Document Type: Article

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