Use of tree rings to investigate the onset of contamination of a shallow aquifer by chlorinated hydrocarbons

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 159-173

  Yanosky, Thomas M ^a   Hansen, Bruce P ^a   Schening, Michael R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochemistry; Ground water contamination; Oak; PCE; Quercus; TCE; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; HYDROCARBONS;

RADIAL-GROWTH;

HYDROLOGY;

CHLORIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GROUND WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; SHALLOW WATER; TREE RING;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DETERIORATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUERCUS VELUTINA; TIME; TREE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; QUERCUS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS VELUTINA; VELUTINA;

EID: 0034914135     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(01)00117-6     Document Type: Article

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