A review of mecoprop attenuation in the subsurface

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-292

  Buss, S R ^a   Thrasher, J ^b   Morgan, P ^a   Smith, Jonathan W N ^c  

^a ESI Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Environment Agency ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Landfill; Pesticides; Pollution; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC AQUIFERS; MECOCROP ATTENUATION;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; HERBICIDES; LAND FILL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTES; SORPTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDE; LANDFILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747749125     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/04-081     Document Type: Review

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