Aquifer sensitivity to pesticide leaching: Testing a soils and hydrogeologic index method

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 60-67

  Mehnert, Edward ^a,b   Keefer, Donald A ^a,b,c   Dey, William S ^a,b   Wehrmann, H Allen ^d,e,f,g   Wilson, Steven D ^b,d   Ray, Chittaranjan ^h  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Geologic Mapping and Hydrogeology Center   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^e Center for Groundwater Science in the Water Survey   (United States)

^f American Institute of Hydrology   (United States)

^g IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SENSITIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGIC FACTOR; SOIL PROPERTIES;

GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; PESTICIDES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS;

AQUIFERS;

GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 29344453395     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2005.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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