Development and application of a regional-scale pesticide transport and groundwater vulnerability model

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-284

  Murray, Kyle E ^a   McCray, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; GIS; Hydrogeology; Unconfined aquifer; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; APPLICATION RATES; COLORADO; DIGITAL FORMAT; GROUND SURFACES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MODELING METHODOLOGY; PESTICIDE DETECTION; PESTICIDE LEACHING; PESTICIDE TRANSPORT; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGULATORY LEVEL; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; VADOSE ZONE; VARIABLE DATA; VULNERABILITY INDEX; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

PESTICIDES;

GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 27244451164     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/11.3.271     Document Type: Article

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