Occurrence and spatial distribution of organic micro-pollutants in a complex hydrogeological karst system during low flow and high flow periods, results of a two-year study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 438-445

  Reh, Roland ^a   Licha, Tobias ^a   Geyer, Tobias ^a   Nödler, Karsten ^a   Sauter, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Karst aquifer; Micro pollutants; Triazines; Triazoles

Indexed keywords

GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; KARST AQUIFER; MICROPOLLUTANTS; TRIAZINES; TRIAZOLES;

AMIDES; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ATRAZINE; BENZOTRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENAZONE; TAMOXIFEN; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; TRIAZINE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAND USE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84870160036     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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