Identifying sources of groundwater nitrate contamination in a large alluvial groundwater basin with highly diversified intensive agricultural production

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 151, Issue , 2013, Pages 140-154

  Lockhart, K M ^a   King, A M ^b   Harter, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Groundwater and agriculture; Nitrate; Non point source contamination; Pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; DOMESTIC WELL WATERS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NON-POINT SOURCE; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS;

AQUIFERS; CITRUS FRUITS; CONTAMINATION; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANURES; NITRATES; OIL WELL DRILLING; POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; WELL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MANURE; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RURAL POPULATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FOOD; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CITRUS; DAIRYING; DECIDUOUS PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORAGE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MANURE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUT; ORCHARD; PASTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE; UNITED STATES; VADOSE ZONE THICKNESS; VEGETABLE; VINEYARD; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TABLE;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER AND AGRICULTURE; NITRATE; NON-POINT SOURCE CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; KINGS COUNTY [CALIFORNIA]; MERCED COUNTY; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; STANISLAUS COUNTY; TULARE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CITRUS;

EID: 84879427498     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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