Anthropogenic contamination of groundwater with nitrate in arid region: Case study of southern Hodna (Algeria)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2129-2141

  Abdesselam, Salah ^a   Halitim, Amor ^a   Jan, Anthony ^b   Trolard, Fabienne ^b   Bourrié, Guilhem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATNA   (Algeria)

^b UAPV   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; Contamination; Groundwater; Hodna; Nitrate; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; HODNA; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; SOIL AND PLANT ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; NITRATES; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; ARID ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NITRATE; PASTORALISM; SALINITY; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER QUALITY;

ALGERIA; HODNA PLAIN; MSILA;

EID: 84886416476     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1834-5     Document Type: Article

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