Nitrate leaching in Californian rice fields: A field- and regional-scale assessment

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 881-894

  Liang, X Q ^a   Harter, T ^b   Porta, L ^c   Van Kessel, C ^b   Linquist, B A ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLAY PRODUCTS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHING; NITRATES; SOILS;

ANALYSIS OF SOILS; CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATED CROPLAND; NITRATE LEACHING; PERMEABLE SOILS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER;

SOIL POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN FERTILIZER;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWING SEASON; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITRATE LEACHING; RICE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE; VERTISOL; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84900539486     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.10.0402     Document Type: Article

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