A GIS-based groundwater travel time model to evaluate stream nitrate concentration reductions from land use change

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 433-443

  Schilling, Keith E ^a   Wolter, Calvin F ^a  

^a Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Geographic information system (GIS); Groundwater; Iowa; Land use change; Travel time

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; SOILS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY;

IOWA; LAND USE CHANGE; TRAVEL TIME DISTRIBUTION MAPS; TRAVEL TIMES; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

WATERSHEDS;

CONSERVATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; POROSITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STREAMWATER; TRAVEL TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT CREEK;

JUGLANS;

EID: 34548040154     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0659-0     Document Type: Article

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