Pesticide pollution of the Triassic Sandstone aquifer of South Yorkshire

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-63

  Gooddy, D C ^a   Stuart, M E ^a   Lapworth, D J ^a   Chilton, P J ^a   Bishop, S ^b   Cachandt, G ^b   Knapp, M ^b   Pearson, T ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Yorkshire Water   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Mecoprop; Nitrate; Pesticides; Pollution; Triassic sandstone aquifer

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; DIFFUSE POLLUTANTS; MAXIMUM ADMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION (MAC); NITRATE CONCENTRATION;

DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PESTICIDES; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; SANDSTONE; TRIASSIC;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15044354312     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/04-012     Document Type: Article

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