A review of rapid transport of pesticides from sloping farmland to surface waters: Processes and mitigation strategies

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-361

  Tang, Xiangyu ^a   Zhu, Bo ^b   Katou, Hidetaka ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Overland flow; Pesticide; Rapid transport; Sloping farmland; Subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DRAINAGE DITCHES; FIELD MONITORING; GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; LATERAL FLOW; MITIGATION MEASURES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; OVERLAND FLOW; PESTICIDE TRANSPORT; RAPID TRANSPORT; REGIONAL SCALE; SLOPING FARMLAND; SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL PROPERTIES; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE SOIL; TILE DRAINS; TRANSPORT MODELS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CATCHMENTS; ECONOMICS; FARMS; PESTICIDES; RAIN; SOILS;

SURFACE WATERS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MITIGATION; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; OVERLAND FLOW; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AGROCHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84858274872     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60753-5     Document Type: Article

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