Correlation between nitrate concentration in groundwater and parameters affecting aquifer intrinsic vulnerability

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-558

  Debernardi, Laura ^a   De Luca, Domenico Antonio ^a   Lasagna, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Depth to water table; Dilution; Intrinsic vulnerability; Italy; Land use; Nitrate; Nitrogen input; Shallow aquifer

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

AQUIFER VULNERABILITY; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NITRATE POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DILUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; NITRATE; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48249104768     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1006-1     Document Type: Article

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