Collateral geochemical impacts of agricultural nitrogen enrichment from 1963 to 1985: A southern Wisconsin groundwater depth profile

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1456-1467

  Browne, Bryant A ^a   Kraft, George J ^a   Bowling, Juliane M ^a   DeVita, William M ^a   Mechenich, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITROGEN; NONMETALS;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON (CFC); DEPTH PROFILING; GROUNDWATER DEPTH; NITROGEN ENRICHMENT; WISCONSIN (USA);

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OZONE; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDSCAPE; NITRIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; GEOLOGY; NITROGEN; WATER; WISCONSIN;

EID: 47249111686     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0070     Document Type: Article

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