Monitoring groundwater nitrate concentrations under irrigation in the cukurova region of southern turkey

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1802-1812

  Ibrikci, Hayriye ^a,b   Cetin, Mahmut ^a   Karnez, Ebru ^b   Topcu, Sevilay ^a   Kirda, Cevat ^a   Ryan, John ^c   Oguz, Hacer ^a   Dingil, Mahmut ^a   Oztekin, Eren ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CANKIRI KARATEKIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Drainage observation wells; Irrigation district; Nitrate concentration; Spatial and temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COTTON; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTERPOLATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; MAIZE; NITRATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WELL WATER;

CUKUROVA; TURKEY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78049498474     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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