Attenuation and transport of atrazine and picloram in an alluvial gravel aquifer: A tracer test and batch study

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-291

  Pang, Liping ^a   Close, Murray E ^a  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alluvial gravel aquifer; Atrazine; Degradation; Groundwater; Picloram; Retardation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032861231     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516877     Document Type: Article

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