Assessment of groundwater quality contamination by nitrate leaching using multivariate statistics and Geographic Information Systems

IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports

Volumn 361, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-190

  Matiatos, Ioannis ^a   Evelpidou, Niki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

GIS analysis; Groundwater; Multivariate statistical analysis; Nitrate leaching

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEACHING; NITRATES; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

GIS ANALYSIS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NITRATE LEACHING; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; LEACHING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; THRESHOLD;

ATTICA; GREECE; MEGARA BASIN;

EID: 84900413957     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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