Suitability assessment of shallow groundwater for agriculture in sand dune area of northwest Honshu island, Japan

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-188

  Mitra, B K ^a   Sasaki, C ^b   Enari, K ^c   Matsuyama, N ^b   Fujita, M ^c  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Honshu island; Irrigation; Sand dune area

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548663549     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/0501_177188     Document Type: Article

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