Estimation of nitrate discharge in a fractured limestone aquifer below a dairy farm in Ireland

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 342, Issue , 2011, Pages 469-472

  Landig, Florian ^a   Fenton, Owen ^b   Bons, Paul ^a   Hennessy, Deirdre ^c   Richards, Karl ^b   Blum, Philipp ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Discrete fracture network; Fractured aquifers; Karst; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; DAIRY FARMS; DEVELOPED MODEL; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EU COUNTRIES; FRACTURED AQUIFER; FRACTURED BEDROCK AQUIFER; IRELAND; KARST; KARSTIC SPRINGS; LIMESTONE AQUIFERS; MASS-DISCHARGE; NITRATE LOADS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; STREAM TUBE MODELS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATERBODIES;

AQUIFERS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EUTROPHICATION; FARMS; FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SPRINGS (WATER); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

NITRATES;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRONOMY; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BEDROCK; DAIRY FARMING; DISCHARGE; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTROPHICATION; FLOW PATTERN; FRACTURE NETWORK; KARST; LIMESTONE; NITRATE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH WORK; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPRING WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

IRELAND;

EID: 84860593793     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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