Transport and persistence of nitrate, atrazine, and alachlor in large intact soil columns under two levels of moisture content

Soil Science

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 541-553

  Sonon, L S ^a   Schwab, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alachlor; Atrazine; Breakthrough curves; Degradation; Moisture regimes; Nonequilibrium sorption; Persistence; Tailing; Transport

Indexed keywords

ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; NITRATE; PERSISTENCE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4243178999     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000138418.14922.0c     Document Type: Article

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