Comparison of selection methods to deduce natural background levels for groundwater units

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4863-4869

  Griffioen, Jasper ^a   Passier, Hilde F ^a   Klein, Janneke ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; RIVER POLLUTION; TRITIUM; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER QUALITY; SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURAL CONTAMINATION; GROUND WATER QUALITY; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NETHERLANDS; RIVER RHINE; SELECTION METHODS; SUB CATCHMENTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; GROUND WATER; NITRITE; RAIN; SULFATE; TRITIUM;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; RECHARGE; REDOX POTENTIAL; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NATURAL BACKGROUND LEVEL; NETHERLANDS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RIVER; SAMPLING; SOLUTE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE RIVER;

AGRICULTURAL CONTAMINATION; CONSERVATION ERRORS; DATA SETS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NETHERLANDS; RECHARGE WATER; RIVER RHINE; SELECTION METHODS; SELECTIVE SAMPLING; SUB-CATCHMENT; WATER COMPOSITION;

EID: 46849116204     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7032586     Document Type: Article

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