Atacama perchlorate as an agricultural contaminant in groundwater: Isotopic and chronologic evidence from Long Island, New York

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 5619-5625

  B̈ohlke, John Karl ^e   Hatzinger, Paul B ^b   Sturchio, Neil C ^c   Gu, Baohua ^d   Abbene, Irene ^a   Mroczkowski, Stanley J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Shaw Environmental Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e US Geological Survey ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; APPLICATION RATES; ATACAMA; ATACAMA DESERT , CHILE; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; DISPOSAL SITES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; FERTILIZER USE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC METHODS; NATURAL SOURCES; NEW YORK; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; STABLE ISOTOPE DATA;

AQUIFERS; BIODEGRADATION; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; POTABLE WATER;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; ISOTOPE; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PERCHLORATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHRONOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; NEW YORK; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PERCHLORIC ACID; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049131613     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9006433     Document Type: Article

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