Investigating pesticide transport in the León-Chinandega aquifer, Nicaragua

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-197

  Moncrieff, Josh E ^a   Bentley, Laurence R ^b   Palma, Heyddy Calderón ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Nicaragua; Numerical modeling; Organochlorine pesticides; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; LEON [NICARAGUA]; NICARAGUA;

EID: 39049129427     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0229-2     Document Type: Article

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