Desperately seeking a cause for hotspots in regional-scale groundwater plumes resulting from non-point source pesticide applications

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 204-221

  Loague, Keith ^a   Soutter, Leigh A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LOAD; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PLUME; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER TABLE;

EID: 34447622170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2005.0014     Document Type: Article

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