Impacts of land use change and groundwater management on long-term nitrate-nitrogen and chloride trends in groundwater of Jeju Island, Korea

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Koh, Eun Hee ^a   Lee, Seung Hyun ^b   Kaown, Dugin ^a   Moon, Hee Sun ^c   Lee, Eunhee ^c   Lee, Kang Kun ^a   Kang, Bong Rae ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^d Jeju Development Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chloride; Groundwater management; Jeju Island; Land use changes; Nitrate nitrogen; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CHLORIDE; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; JEJU ISLAND; LAND-USE CHANGE; NITRATE NITROGEN; TRENDS;

LAND USE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SALINE INTRUSION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CHEJU [CHEJU (PRV/ISL)]; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 85013421914     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6466-3     Document Type: Article

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