Prediction of the arrival of peak nitrate concentrations at the water table at the regional scale in Great Britain

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-239

  Wang, L ^a   Stuart, M E ^a   Bloomfield, J P ^a   Butcher, A S ^a   Gooddy, D C ^a   Mckenzie, A A ^a   Lewis, M A ^a   Williams, A T ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; Great Britain; Groundwater; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; GREAT BRITAIN; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; INPUT FUNCTIONS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LOADINGS; PERMO-TRIASSIC SANDSTONE; PORE WATERS; PROCESS-BASED APPROACH; REGIONAL SCALE; ROBUST METHODS; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; LOADING;

NITRATES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GIS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; POREWATER; PREDICTION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855426607     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8164     Document Type: Article

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