Factors contributing to nitrate contamination in a groundwater recharge area of the North China Plain

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2271-2285

  Wang, Shiqin ^a   Tang, Changyuan ^b   Song, Xianfang ^c   Yuan, Ruiqiang ^d   Han, Zhiwei ^e   Pan, Yun ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFCs; groundwater dating; land use; nitrate contamination; North China Plain

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; POTABLE WATER; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFCS); DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; GROUNDWATER DATING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CFC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RECHARGE; WASTEWATER;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84959894401     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10778     Document Type: Article

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