Linking ground-water age and chemistry data along flow paths: Implications for trends and transformations of nitrate and pesticides

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 139-155

  Tesoriero, Anthony J ^a   Saad, David A ^a   Burow, Karen R ^a   Frick, Elizabeth A ^a   Puckett, Larry J ^a   Barbash, Jack E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Alachlor; Atrazine; Dissolved oxygen; Fertilizer; Ground water; Metolachlor; Nitrate; Pesticides; Trends

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; PESTICIDES;

ALACHLOR; METOLACHLOR;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; GROUND WATER; METOLACHLOR; NITRATE; PESTICIDE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; WATER ANALYSIS;

ATRAZINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PESTICIDE; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PESTICIDES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAROLINA; GEORGIA; GREATER ANTILLES; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34948832693     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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