Degradation of atrazine in subsoils, and groundwater mixed with aquifer sediments

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 728-735

  Rodriguez C J ^a,b   Harkin, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ATRAZINE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HERBICIDES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTANT; ATRAZINE; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0030609792     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900541     Document Type: Article

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