Variations in pesticide leaching related to land use, pesticide properties, and unsaturated zone thickness

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1145-1157

  Webb, Richard M T ^a   Wieczorek, Michael E ^b   Nolan, Bernard T ^b   Hancock, Tracy C ^b   Sandstrom, Mark W ^a   Barbash, Jack E ^b   Bayless, E Randall ^b   Healy, Richard W ^a   Linard, Joshua ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; LAND USE; LEACHING; WATERSHEDS;

PESTICIDE LEACHING; PESTICIDE PROPERTIES; UNSATURATED ZONE THICKNESS;

PESTICIDES;

GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CROP; LAND USE; LEACHING; MODEL; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

CLIMATE; HALF-LIFE; PESTICIDES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 43749090464     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0245     Document Type: Article

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