Incorporating uncertainty in a chemical leaching assessment

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-299

  Li, Z C ^a   Yost, R S ^a   Green, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical leaching assessment; Chemical leaching in soils of the tropics; Modeling uncertainty; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PESTICIDES; PROBABILITY; SOILS;

ATTENUATION FACTOR; CHEMICAL LEACHING ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

LEACHING;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; GROUND WATER; PESTICIDE;

GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GEOLOGY; LEACHING; MODEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0032030732     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(97)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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