Mineralization of isoproturon, mecoprop and acetochlor in a deep unsaturated limestone and sandy aquifer

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 823-831

  Janniche, G S ^a   Lindberg, E ^a,c   Mouvet, C ^b   Albrechtsen, H J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deep sub surface; Groundwater; Herbicides; Natural attenuation; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

ACETOCHLOR; AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES; DEGRADATION POTENTIAL; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; ISOPROTURON; LONG RESIDENCE TIME; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PROPANOIC ACID; SANDY AQUIFERS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SUB-SURFACES; VADOSE ZONE;

ACIDS; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; UREA; WEED CONTROL;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ACETOCHLOR; GROUND WATER; ISOPROTURON; LIMESTONE; MECOPROP;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; MINERALIZATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PESTICIDE; REACTION KINETICS; SAND; SEDIMENT CORE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; VADOSE ZONE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINERALIZATION; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HERBICIDES; KINETICS; MINERALS; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOLUIDINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77957749324     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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