The effects of subsurface drainage depth and intensity on nitrate loads in the northern Cornbelt

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 937-946

  Sands, Gary R ^a   Song, Inhong ^b   Busman, Lowell M ^c   Hansen, Bradley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf hypoxia; Nitrate nitrogen; Subsurface drainage design; Tile drainage

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE RATES; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FIELD EXPERIMENTATION; GULF HYPOXIA; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; NITRATE LOADS; NITRATE-NITROGEN; ROOTING ZONES; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE DESIGN; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; SUBSURFACE DRAINS; TILE DRAINAGE;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATES; SURFACE WATERS;

DRAINAGE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOXIA; NITRATE; OUTFLOW; SURFACE WATER;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49549111608     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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