Determining the genetic origin of nitrate contamination in aquifers of Northern Gujarat, India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1711-1719

  Rina, Kumari ^a   Datta, P S ^b   Singh, Chander Kumar ^a,c   Mukherjee, Saumitra ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Denitrification; Groundwater; India; Nitrate; Pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER NITRATES; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; LAND USE/LAND COVER; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CULTIVATION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; FOOD PROCESSING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; POLLUTION; SOIL TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRONOMY; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CROP RESIDUE; CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; SOIL TEST; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 84893234366     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2575-9     Document Type: Article

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