Application of high doses of organic amendments in a Mediterranean agricultural soil: An approach for assessing the risk of groundwater contamination

Catena

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-83

  Jorge Mardomingo, Ignacio ^a   Jiménez Hernández, María Emilia ^b   Moreno, Luis ^b   de la Losa, Almudena ^b   de la Cruz, María Teresa ^a   Casermeiro, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leaching risk; Mediterranean climate; MSW compost; Sewage sludge; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AQUIFER POLLUTION; COMPOST; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; LEACHING; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; ORGANIC FARMING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEWAGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 84925936215     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.03.013     Document Type: Article

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