Identification of nitrate pollution sources of groundwater and analysis of potential pollution paths in loess regions: a case study in Tongchuan region, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Wei, Ya ni ^a   Fan, Wen ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Deng, Longsheng ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Correspondence analysis; Groundwater; Loess regions; Nitrate; Pollution path

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILTRATION; IONS; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DRINKING AND IRRIGATIONS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; LOESS REGIONS; VERTICAL INFILTRATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LOESS; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION;

CHINA; SHAANXI; TONGCHUAN;

EID: 85021168308     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6756-9     Document Type: Article

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