Detecting and predicting the impact of land use changes on groundwater quality, a case study in Northern Kelantan, Malaysia
Date
2017
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Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
The conversions of forests and grass land to urban and farmland has exerted significant changes on terrestrial ecosystems. However, quantifying how these changes can affect the quality of water resources is still a challenge for hydrologists. Nitrate concentrations can be applied as an indicator to trace the link between land use changes and groundwater quality due to their solubility and easy transport from their source to the groundwater. In this study, 25 year records (from 1989 to 2014) of nitrate concentrations are applied to show the impact of land use changes on the quality of groundwater in Northern Kelantan, Malaysia, where large scale deforestation in recent decades has occurred.
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Keywords
Land use changes, Deforestation, Nitrate, Geospatial modelling, ARIMA model
Citation
Narany, T. S., Aris, A. Z., Sefie, A., & Keesstra, S. (2017). Detecting and predicting the impact of land use changes on groundwater quality, a case study in Northern Kelantan, Malaysia. Science of the Total Environment, 599, 844-853.