Determination of natural backgrounds and thresholds of nitrate in South Korean groundwater using model-based statistical approaches

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-205

  Kim, Kyoung Ho ^a   Yun, Seong Taek ^a,c   Kim, Hyun Koo ^a   Kim, Ji Wook ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^c Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic polluted level; Background level and threshold of nitrate; Finite normal (Gaussian) mixture model; National Groundwater Monitoring Network of South Korea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTED LEVEL; BACKGROUND LEVEL; MIXTURE MODEL; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL APPROACH;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BEDROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAUSSIAN METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MONITORING; NITRATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84919696558     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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