Nitrate pollution of groundwater; all right. . ., but nothing else?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 539, Issue , 2016, Pages 241-251

  Me nció, Anna ^a   Mas Pla, Josep ^a,b   Otero, Neus ^c   Regàs, Oriol ^a   Boy Roura, Mercè ^b   Puig, Roger ^c   Bach, Joan ^d   Domènech, Cristina ^c   Zamorano, Manel ^a   Brusi, David ^a   Folch, Albert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Multivariate analysis; Nitrate isotopes; Nitrate pollution; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONS; ISOTOPES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITRATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATE ISOTOPES; NITRATE POLLUTION; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84941308931     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.151     Document Type: Article

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