Assessing the contamination risk of five pesticides in a phreatic aquifer based on microcosm experiments and transport modelling at Sint-Jansteen (Zeeland, the Netherlands)

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-112

  Gaus, I ^a,b   Casteele, K Vande ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Column experiments; Microcosm experiments; Pesticides; Transport modelling; Zeeland

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER POLLUTION; FLOW MODELING; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD; ZEELAND;

EID: 9744222550     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600020072     Document Type: Article

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