Hydrogeochemical characteristics of groundwater highly polluted with nitrate in an agricultural area of Hongseong, Korea

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Hyun Su ^a   Park, So Ra ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Confined animal feeding; Groundwater; Multivariate statistical analysis; Nitrate; Rice paddy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRON EMISSION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITRATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ANIMAL FEEDING; GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; RICE PADDY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INFILTRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LEACHING; NITRATE; PADDY FIELD; RICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

HONGSEONG; SOUTH CHUNGCHEONG; SOUTH KOREA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84984645358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w8080345     Document Type: Article

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