Groundwater quality in sand dune area of northwest Honshu island in Japan

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-87

  Mitra, B K ^a,b   Sasaki, C ^b   Enari, K ^c   Matsuyama, N ^b   Pongpattanasiri, S ^d  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Iron; Nitrate; Sand dune area

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247105893     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2007.81.87     Document Type: Article

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