Some considerations on the use of simple box models of contaminant fate in soils

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2855-2867

  Pistocchi, A ^a  

^a GECOsistema Srl RandD Unit Südtirol   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back of the envelope calculation; Pesticides; Predicted environmental concentrations; Simple box models; Soil contaminants

Indexed keywords

BACK-OF-THE-ENVELOPE CALCULATIONS; BOX MODELS; CONTAMINANT RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; LYSIMETER EXPERIMENTS; PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL CONTAMINANTS; TIME-AVERAGED CONCENTRATIONS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; IMPURITIES; LYSIMETERS; PESTICIDES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BENTAZON; DICHLORPROP; PESTICIDE;

BENCHMARKING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LYSIMETER; MODEL TEST; SOIL POLLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; LEACHING; LYSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

EUROPE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PESTICIDES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874992194     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2755-1     Document Type: Article

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