Herbicide contamination of groundwater beneath claypan soils in north- central Missouri

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1612-1621

  Blanchard, P E ^a   Donald, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; HERBICIDES; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; LEACHING; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SAMPLING; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; CLAYPAN SOILS; LAND MANAGEMENT; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALACHLOR; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031279801     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600060022x     Document Type: Article

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