Decadal-scale changes of pesticides in ground water of the United States, 1993-2003

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages

  Bexfield, Laura M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LAND USE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; PHOTODISSOCIATION; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; REUSABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS; UREA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER WELLS; WEED CONTROL; WELLS;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ATRAZINE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATERS; METOLACHLOR; PESTICIDE COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE USE; SHALLOW GROUND WATER; SIMAZINE; TEBUTHIURON; TRIAZINE HERBICIDES; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WELL NETWORKS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

ACETANILIDE; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; METOLACHLOR; PESTICIDE; PROMETON; TEBUTHIURON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECADAL SCALE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOLOGY; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ATRAZINE; FRESH WATER; PESTICIDES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 51849094961     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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