Penetration of herbicides to groundwater in an unconfined chalk aquifer following normal soil applications

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 101-117

  Johnson, Andrew C ^a   Besien, Tim J ^a   Bhardwaj, C Lal ^a   Dixon, Andy ^a   Gooddy, Daren C ^b   Haria, Atul H ^a   White, Craig ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk; Chlorotoluron; Groundwater; Isoproturon; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; PESTICIDES; SAMPLING; SOILS;

SOIL SAMPLING;

HYDROLOGY;

CHLORTOLURON; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; ISOPROTURON; PESTICIDE;

AQUIFER; CHALK; HERBICIDE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMARKER; CHALK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDE; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; UNSATURATED ZONE;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBICIDES; METHYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035546173     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(01)00139-5     Document Type: Article

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