Groundwater vulnerability: Interactions of chemical and site properties

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 299, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 131-143

  Worrall, Fred ^a   Besien, Tim ^b   Kolpin, Dana W ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Chemical; Groundwater; Monitoring; Pesticides; Significant; Statistically; Variance; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; MONITORING; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

GROUND WATER; PESTICIDE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PESTICIDE; SITE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; LAND USE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036840757     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00270-X     Document Type: Article

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