Assessing the effectiveness of Scotland's groundwater nitrate monitoring network

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-406

  O'Dochartaigh, B E ^a   MacDonald, A M ^a   Griffiths, K J ^a   Lilly, A ^b   DeGroote, J ^b   Chilton, P J ^a   Hughes, A G ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS;

CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONITORING; NITRATES; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36448975857     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/07-029     Document Type: Article

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