Contamination by organochlorine pesticides in the aquifer of the Ring of Cenotes in Yucatán, México

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 140-150

  Polanco Rodriguez A G ^a   Alberto, J A Navarro ^a   Sánchez, J Solorio ^a   Rejón, G J Mena ^a   Gómez, J Marrufo ^a   Del Valls Casillas, T A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Groundwater; Mapping; Pollution; Sinkhole; Water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFORMATION USE; MAPPING; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION; WATER;

DRY SEASONS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE CONCENTRATIONS; PESTICIDE POLLUTION; RAINY SEASONS; SINKHOLE; WATER SAMPLES; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84923000686     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wej.12080     Document Type: Article

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