Intrinsic and specific vulnerability of groundwater in central Spain: The risk of nitrate pollution;Vulnérabilité spécifique et intrinsèque d'une nappe au centre de l'Espagne: Le risque de la pollution par les nitrates

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 681-698

  Martínez Bastida, Juan J ^a   Arauzo, Mercedes ^a   Valladolid, Maria ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Groundwater vulnerability; Land use; Nitrate; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUROPEAN UNION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE; NITRATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 77952794390     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0549-5     Document Type: Article

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