Investigating rising nitrate concentrations in groundwater in the Permo-Triassic aquifer, Eden Valley, Cumbria, UK

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 263, Issue , 2006, Pages 285-296

  Butcher, Andrew ^a   Lawrence, Adrian ^a   Jackson, Chris ^a   Cullis, Emma ^a   Cunningham, Jennifer ^a   Hasan, Kamrul ^b   Ingram, John J A ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHREATIC ZONE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; WATER TABLE;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750291908     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.263.01.16     Document Type: Article

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