Widespread natural perchlorate in unsaturated zones of the southwest United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4522-4528

  Rao, Balaji ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^b   Orris, Greta J ^c   Rainwater, Ken A ^a   Rajagopalan, Srinath ^a   Sandvig, Renee M ^d   Scanlon, Bridget R ^e   Stonestrom, David A ^f   Walvoord, Michelle A ^c   Jackson, W Andrew ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEORIC CHLORIDE; NATURAL PERCHLORATE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; PERCHLORATE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARID REGION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PERCHLORATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RECHARGE; SEMIARID REGION; VADOSE ZONE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DESERT; HOLOCENE; SOIL POLLUTANT; STEPPE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PERCHLORIC ACID; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447259522     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062853i     Document Type: Article

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