Evaluation of groundwater contamination in a coastal area of south-eastern sicily

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 498-508

  Licciardello, Feliciana ^a   Antoci, Maria Lucia ^b   Brugaletta, Luana ^a   Cirelli, Giuseppe Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Regional Agency for Environmental Protection Sicily   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorides; Coastal aquifer; Groundwater contamination; Monitoring; Nitrates; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL USE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CHLORIDES; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL AREA; CONFINED AQUIFERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER WATER; HIGH-NITROGEN COMPOUND; IRRIGATION WATERS; LEAF DAMAGE; MACRO ELEMENT; MONITORING WELLS; OVEREXPLOITATION; SOIL PROFILES; STUDY AREAS; UNSATURATED ZONE;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ZONES; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GREENHOUSES; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CHLORIDE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAF; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINE INTRUSION; SEEPAGE; SOIL PROFILE; VADOSE ZONE; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICILY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ITALY; RAGUSA [SICILY]; SICILY;

EID: 79960482427     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2011.583870     Document Type: Article

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