Spatio-temporal variability of groundwater nitrate concentration in Texas: 1960 to 2010

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1806-1817

  Chaudhuri, Sriroop ^a   Ale, Srinivasulu ^a   DeLaune, Paul ^a   Rajan, Nithya ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; DOMESTIC PURPOSE; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER SAMPLING; HASKELL; HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; IRRIGATED CROPLAND; MAXIMUM CONTAMINATION LEVELS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; SOIL MEDIA; SPATIAL CLUSTERING; SPATIAL INDICES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS;

AGRICULTURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROPLAND; DATA BASE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; SOIL; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84869429674     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0022     Document Type: Article

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