Probability-based nitrate contamination map of groundwater in Kinmen

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10147-10156

  Liu, Chen Wuing ^a   Wang, Yeuh Bin ^a   Jang, Cheng Shin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Logistic regression; Nitrate contamination map; Zonal management

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; OCCURRENCE PROBABILITY; WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN; ZONAL MANAGEMENTS;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; NITRATES; PROBABILITY; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LOGISTICS; MAP; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC NAMES; KINMEN; PH; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEASON; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

QUEMOY; TAIWAN;

EID: 84890114291     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3319-8     Document Type: Article

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