Groundwater nitrate contamination risk assessment: A comparison of parametric systems and simulation modelling

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 117-125

  Sacco, Dario ^a   Offi, Marco ^b   De Maio, Marina ^b   Grignani, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquifer vulnerability; GIS; IPNOA; N fertilisation; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; MODELING; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 34047185761     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2007.117.125     Document Type: Article

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