Relations between sinkhole density and anthropogenic contaminants in selected carbonate aquifers in the eastern United States

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1073-1090

  Lindsey, Bruce D ^a   Katz, Brian G ^a   Berndt, Marian P ^a   Ardis, Ann F ^a   Skach, Kenneth A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Karst; Nitrate; Pesticides; Sinkhole density; Sinkholes; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; ALABAMA; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS; ATRAZINES; CARBONATE AQUIFER; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DETECTION FREQUENCY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLORIDA; FLOW SYSTEMS; FORESTED AREA; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIGH DENSITY; KARST; KARST FEATURES; LOW DENSITY; LOW PERMEABILITY; MAJOR IONS; METOLACHLORS; MISSING DATA; MISSOURIS; NITRATE-N; PENNSYLVANIA; PESTICIDE DETECTION; SAMPLING SITE; SIMAZINE; SPRING DISCHARGES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; WATER-QUALITY ASSESSMENT; WELL DEPTH;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONFINED FLOW; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAND USE; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION DETECTION; WATER QUALITY;

NITRATES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GIS; HERBICIDE; LAND USE; MAPPING METHOD; PERMEABILITY; SINKHOLE; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954065445     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0252-9     Document Type: Article

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