Decision-tree-model identification of nitrate pollution activities in groundwater: A combination of a dual isotope approach and chemical ions

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 180, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-33

  Xue, Dongmei ^a   Pang, Fengmei ^b   Meng, Fanqiao ^b   Wang, Zhongliang ^a   Wu, Wenliang ^b  

^a TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision tree model; Groundwater; k means clustering; NO3 pollution; NO3 source; 15N and 18O NO3

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONTAMINATION; CROPS; DECISION TREES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; LAND USE; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LOCATION; SEWAGE; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE MODELING; FRACTIONATION PROCESS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; NO3^- SOURCE; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; ION; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; OXYGEN 18; CHLORIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SULFATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION; ISOTOPE; MODELING; NITRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP MANAGEMENT; DECISION TREE; INDUSTRY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEARNING ALGORITHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CROP; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CHLORIDES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SEWAGE; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84938396412     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2015.07.003     Document Type: Article

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