Elevated nitrate levels in the groundwater of the Gaza Strip: Distribution and sources

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 398, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 164-174

  Shomar, Basem ^a   Osenbrück, Karsten ^b   Yahya, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gaza Strip; Nitrate; Nitrogen oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; MANURES; NITRATES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL MANURES; GAZA STRIP; NITROGEN/OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS;

GROUNDWATER;

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER; MANURE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SLUDGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ISRAEL; MANURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOIL; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; MANURE; MIDDLE EAST; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SEWAGE; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 43849105129     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.054     Document Type: Article

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