Factors affecting the spatial pattern of nitrate contamination in shallow groundwater

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1479-1487

  Kaown, Dugin ^a   Hyun, Yunjung ^a   Bae, Gwang Ok ^a   Lee, Kang Kun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; IMPURITIES; NITRATES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; KOREAN AGRICULTURAL; VEGETABLE FIELDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLOGY; KOREA; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 34548755133     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0361     Document Type: Article

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