Near-decadal changes in nitrate and pesticide concentrations in the South Platte River alluvial aquifer, 1993-2004

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages

  Paschke, Suzanne S ^a   Schaffrath, Keelin R ^a   Mashbum, Shana L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOOD CONTROL; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HERBICIDES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NONMETALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OXYGEN; PESTICIDES; PHOTODISSOCIATION; REUSABILITY; RIVERS; SULFATE MINERALS; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL LANDS; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; APPLICATION RATES; ATRAZINE; ATRAZINE DEGRADATION; DECADAL CHANGES; DEGRADATION PROCESSING; FLOW PATHS; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; NITRATE-REDUCING CONDITIONS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXIDIZED SAMPLES; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; OXYGEN CONTENTS; PESTICIDE CONCENTRATIONS; QUALITY CHANGES; REDOX STATES; SOUTH PLATTE RIVER; TRAVEL-TIME; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER DIVERSIONS; WATER PUMPING; WATER QUALITY TRENDS; WATER TABLE; WELL NETWORKS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ATRAZINE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DENITRIFICATION; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REDUCTION KINETICS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 51849168679     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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