Fingerprinting groundwater pollution in catchments with contrasting contaminant sources using microorganic compounds

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 564-577

  Stuart, Marianne E ^a   Lapworth, Dan J ^a   Thomas, Jenny ^b   Edwards, Laura ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Hyporheic zone; Peri urban; Pesticides; Pharmaceuticals; Plasticisers

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMPURITIES; PESTICIDES; PLASTICIZERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RUNOFF; SOLVENTS; STREAM FLOW; URBAN GROWTH;

EMERGING CONTAMINANT (ECS); ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATORIES; FLOOD PLAINS; GROUND WATER/SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS; HYPORHEIC ZONE; PERI-URBAN; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; COSMETIC; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DRUG; FOOD ADDITIVE; GROUND WATER; MICROORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; PESTICIDE; PLASTICIZER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATCHMENT; DRUG; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYPORHEIC ZONE; METABOLITE; PAH; PERIURBAN AREA; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRACER;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOSPITAL WASTE; HOUSEHOLD; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENGLAND; LAMBOURN RIVER; OXFORD; OXFORDSHIRE; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST BERKSHIRE;

FLOODPLAIN; HYPORHEIC ZONE; PERI-URBAN; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICALS; PLASTICISERS;

BARBITURATES; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEET; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; PESTICIDES; PLASTICIZERS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOLVENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884317382     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.042     Document Type: Article

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