20 years of long-term atrazine monitoring in a shallow aquifer in western Germany

Water Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Vonberg, David ^a   Vanderborght, Jan ^a   Cremer, Nils ^b   Pütz, Thomas ^a   Herbst, Michael ^a   Vereecken, Harry ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Erftverband   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrazine; DAR; Data censoring; Groundwater monitoring; Nondetects; Principle component analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; MONITORING; POLLUTION DETECTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

ATRAZINE CONCENTRATIONS; DATA CENSORING; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE-TO-ATRAZINE RATIO; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; NONDETECT; OBSERVATION WELLS; PRINCIPLE COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD-VALUE;

AQUIFERS;

2 AMINO 4 CHLORO 6 ETHYLAMINO 1,3,5 TRIAZINE; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; ATRAZINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; METABOLITE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIMAZINE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LONG TERM CARE; METABOLITE; MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TABLE;

GERMANY;

ATRAZINE; DAR; DATA CENSORING; DEA; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE TO ATRAZINE RATIO; DEISOPROPYLATRAZINE; DIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC; GROUNDWATER MONITORING; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HPLC; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY [L T(-1)]; K(D); K(F); K(OC); LIMITS OF QUANTIFICATION; LOQ; NONDETECTS; OBSERVATION WELL; ORGANIC CARBON NORMALIZED DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT [L(3) M(-1)]; OW; PC; PCA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ON ORDER STATISTICS; ROS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SORPTION DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT [L(3) M(-1)]; SPE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; WFD;

ATRAZINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84892515741     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.032     Document Type: Article

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