Agricultural pollutant penetration and steady state in thick aquifers

Ground Water

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-50

  Kraft, G J ^a   Browne, B A ^a   DeVita, W M ^a   Mechenich, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; HERBICIDES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTANTS; SULFONIC ACID;

AQUIFERS;

CHLORIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PENETRATION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RECHARGE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 37549004423     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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