Temporal trends in nitrate and selected pesticides in mid-atlantic ground water

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages

  Debrewer, Linda M ^a   Ator, Scott W ^a   Denver, Judith M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DROUGHT; FERTILIZERS; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MIXING; NITRATES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTATION; SPRAYING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER WELLS;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ATLANTIC; ATRAZINE; CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL-; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FRACTURED CARBONATE ROCKS; GROUND WATERS; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; PESTICIDE COMPOUNDS; POTOMAC RIVER; SAMPLING PERIODS; SLOW FLOW; TEMPORAL TRENDS; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WATER MIXING; WATER SAMPLES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ACETACHLOR; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; METOLACHLOR; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; PROMETON; SIMAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 51849154351     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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