Herbicides and herbicide degradates in shallow groundwater and the Cedar River near a municipal well field, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 248, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 241-253

  Boyd, R A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Cedar River Iowa; Herbicide degradates; Herbicides

Indexed keywords

ACETOCHLOR; ALACHLOR; AMETRYN; ATRAZINE; CYANAZINE; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; METRIBUZIN; PROMETON; PROMETRYN; PROPACHLOR; RAIN; SIMAZINE; STORM WATER; SURFACE WATER; TERBUTRYN;

GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDE; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ACETAMIDES; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; IOWA; TOLUIDINES; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034607410     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00546-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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