• Geochemical Characteristics and Assesment of Nitrate Nitrogen in Groundwater in Yanggu-Gun, Gangwon-Do in Korea

  • Won Gyu Choi*

  • Department of New Energy and Mining Engineering, SangJi University

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This Article

  • 2019; 24(6): 26-32

    Published on Dec 31, 2019

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2019.24.6.026
  • Received on Dec 9, 2019
  • Revised on Dec 9, 2019
  • Accepted on Dec 20, 2019

Correspondence to

  • Won Gyu Choi

  • Department of New Energy and Mining Engineering, SangJi University

  • E-mail: wgchoi@sangji.ac.kr