Factors associated with well-to-well variation in nitrate concentration of groundwater in a nitrate-polluted district in Miyakonojo Basin, Southern Kyushu, Japan

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 199, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 23-32

  Sugimoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Toyomitsu, Yukio ^a   Muto, Isao ^a   Hirata, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Livestock farming; Natural nitrogen 15 abundance; Nitrate pollution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL POPULATIONS; ANIMAL WASTES; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURAL NITROGEN-15 ABUNDANCE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LEVELS; NITRATE POLLUTION; NITRATE-N; NITROGEN-15; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTED WELL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POULTRY FARMS; WELL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FARM BUILDINGS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; WELL WATER;

ABUNDANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEVATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIVESTOCK; NITRATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER QUALITY; WELL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; LIVESTOCK; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PIG FARMING; POULTRY FARMING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; MIYAKONOJO BASIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 67349195814     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9856-z     Document Type: Article

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