Regional nitrate and pesticide trends in ground water in the eastern San Joaquin Valley, California

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages

  Burow, Karen R ^a   Shelton, Jennifer L ^a   Dubrovsky, Neil M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; FERTILIZERS; FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HERBICIDES; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NONMETALS; PESTICIDES; QUALITY CONTROL; REUSABILITY; SPRAYING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS; WELLS;

AND DETECTION; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; ATTENUATION PROCESSES; CALIFORNIA; DOMESTIC WELLS; GROUND WATERS; GROUND-WATER FLOW; HISTORICAL DATA; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PESTICIDE USE; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; SIMAZINE; TEMPORAL TRENDS; URBAN DEVELOPMENTS; WATER TABLE; WELL NETWORKS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

1,2 DIBROMO 3 CHLOROPROPANE; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; SIMAZINE;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTORY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 51849096467     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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