• Hydrogeochemistry and Microbial Community Structure of Groundwater in an Agricultural Area

  • Dong-Hun Kim1*·Yong Hwa Oh2·Bong-Joo Lee1·Jung-Yun Lee1

  • 1Groundwater Environment Research Center, Climate Change Response Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon 34132, Republic of Korea
    2Department of Convergence Study on the Ocean Science and Technology, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan 49112, Republic of Korea

  • 농업지역 지하수의 수리지화학 및 미생물 군집 구조 분석

  • 김동훈1*·오용화2·이봉주1·이정윤1

  • 1한국지질자원연구원 기후변화대응연구본부 지하수환경연구센터
    2한국해양대학교 해양과학기술전문대학원 해양과학기술융합학과

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This Article

  • 2022; 27(2): 61-75

    Published on Apr 30, 2022

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2022.27.2.061
  • Received on Feb 17, 2022
  • Revised on Mar 7, 2022
  • Accepted on Mar 22, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Dong-Hun Kim

  • Groundwater Environment Research Center, Climate Change Response Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon 34132, Republic of Korea

  • E-mail: donghun@kigam.re.kr