Spatial distribution of nitrate and related factors in the High Plains Aquifer, Texas

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1541-1548

  Enwright, Nicholas ^a   Hudak, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; High Plains Aquifer; Nitrate; Playas; Texas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DRINKING WATER; HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; PERMEABLE SOILS; PLAYA LAKE; PLAYAS; REDUCING ENVIRONMENT; SHALLOW WELLS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDY AREAS; TEXAS; WELL DEPTH;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; WELLS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; DENITRIFICATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; NITRATE; PLAYA; POLLUTION MONITORING; RECHARGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY; WELL;

NORTH AMERICA; OGALLALA AQUIFER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449100831     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1655-8     Document Type: Article

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