The nitrate time bomb: A numerical way to investigate nitrate storage and lag time in the unsaturated zone

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 667-681

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

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integrated modelling; Nitrate time bomb; Nitrate transport; Nitrate water pollution; The unsaturated zone; Time lag

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NITRATE; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

CUMBRIA; EDEN VALLEY; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

APOIDEA;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84883054759     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-013-9550-y     Document Type: Article

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