Nitrate source identification in groundwater of multiple land-use areas by combining isotopes and multivariate statistical analysis: A case study of Asopos basin (Central Greece)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 802-814

  Matiatos, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asopos basin; Bayesian isotope mixing model; Hydrochemistry; Land use; Nitrate isotopes; Principal Component Analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; MIXING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITRATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ASOPOS BASIN; DIFFERENT LAND USE TYPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; MIXING MODELS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NITRATE ISOTOPES; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMEDIATION; RIVER BASIN;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BAYESIAN ISOTOPE MIXING MODEL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GREECE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAND USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ASOPOS BASIN; GREECE;

AGRICULTURE; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; GREECE; GROUNDWATER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84943186827     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.134     Document Type: Article

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