Nitrate in aquifers beneath agricultural systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-69

  Burkart, M R ^a   Stoner, J D ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Aquifers; Groundwater; Irrigation; Nitrate; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CROPS; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; NITRATES;

GROUNDWATER MONITORING; NITROGEN CONTAMINATION;

AQUIFERS;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; CROPS; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; NITRATES;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; LIVESTOCK; NITRATE; NITROGEN; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AQUIFER; ASIA; CATTLE FARMING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORN; CROPLAND; DAIRYING; EUROPE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN; HORTICULTURE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LIVESTOCK; MANURE; NITRATE LEACHING; POULTRY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOYBEAN; SWINE; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; FERTILIZERS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; NITRATES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRISACCHARIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34547678700     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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