Nitrate enrichment in groundwater from long-term intensive agriculture: Its mechanistic pathways and prediction through modeling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 5837-5843

  Kundu, Manik Chandra ^a   Mandal, Biswapati ^a  

^a State Agricultural University   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; BULK DENSITY; CROPPING SYSTEMS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; MECHANISTIC PATHWAYS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION EQUATIONS; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; ROOT LENGTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY;

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

NITRATES;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITRATE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURE; AGROECOSYSTEM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CROPPING SYSTEM; CULTIVATED LAND; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDIA; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; PLANT; PREDICTION; ROOT LENGTH; SEASON; SOIL; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FRESH WATER; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 68049142566     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803590a     Document Type: Article

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