Simulated fate and transport of metolachlor in the unsaturated zone, Maryland, USA

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1064-1072

  Bayless, E Randall ^a   Capel, Paul D ^a   Barbash, Jack E ^a   Webb, Richard M T ^b   Hancock, Tracy L Connell ^a   Lampe, David C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; PESTICIDES; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

TRANSPORT OF METOLACHLOR; UNSATURATED ZONE;

GROUNDWATER;

BROMIDE; GROUND WATER; METOLACHLOR; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WEATHER;

ACETAMIDES; HERBICIDES; MARYLAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 43749089183     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0562     Document Type: Article

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