Agricultural activities influence nitrate and fluoride contamination in drinking groundwater of an intensively cultivated district in India

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 198, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 243-252

  Kundu, Manik Chandra ^a   Mandal, Biswapati ^a  

^a BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural activities; Contamination; F; Groundwater; NO3 N

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; CROPPING SYSTEMS; F; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FLUORIDE CONTENTS; N CONTENTS; NITRATE NITROGENS; NO3-N; PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POTENTIAL THREATS; STUDY AREAS; THRESHOLD LIMITS;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOMOGENEITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NITRATE; WELL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 60349114854     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9842-5     Document Type: Article

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