Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Hydrogeologic controls and crop management influence on nitrates in loess and fractured glacial till

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-70

  Kitchen, Newell R ^a   Blanchard, Paul E ^b   Lerch, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CROP MANAGEMENTS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER WELLS; LONG-TERM IMPACTS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; MONITORING WELLS; PRIMARY SOURCES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; NITRATE; SURFACE WATER;

ADVECTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP ROTATION; DENITRIFICATION; FARMING SYSTEM; FRACTURED GLACIAL TILL; GEOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LOESS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; TILLAGE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84920937538     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.09.0405     Document Type: Article

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