Leaching of nitrogen from calcareous soils in western Iran: A soil leaching column study

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7607-7622

  Zarabi, Mahboubeh ^a   Jalali, Mohsen ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Contamination; Groundwater; Leaching; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CALCAREOUS SOILS; COLUMN STUDY; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; GROUNDWATER SUPPLY; LEACHATES; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING LOSS; LEACHING RATES; LIQUID PHASIS; NITRATE LEACHING; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PORE VOLUME; SANDY LOAMS; SATURATION CONDITIONS; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL LEACHING; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL TYPES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; SOILS;

LEACHING;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; RAIN;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPE;

ARTICLE; CLAY; DIFFUSION; IRAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEACHING; NITRATE LEACHING; SANDY LOAM; SOIL PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; RAIN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

IRAN;

EID: 84871721101     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2522-3     Document Type: Article

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