Abstract
dc:description.abstractA general review of soils in Virginia counties bordering the Chesapeake Bay reveals that coastal plain soils, especially those most agriculturally productive, are dominantly sandy texture in the subsurface horizon, and have shallow water tables. Considering the high amounts of pesticides used in the coastal plain region and the porous nature of sandy texture soils, there is a great potential for pesticide leaching and subsequent contamination of surface and groundwater sources. This is of great concern because of the potential detrimental effects these agrochemicals represent on aquatic and animal life in the Chesapeake Bay, the largest and most productive estuary in the United States.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1995
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Lopez, Alfredo R.
- Chairs dc:contributor.committeechair
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- Berry, Duane F.
- Martens, David C.
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
-
- Zelazny, Lucian W.
- Mills, Gary L.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- etd-06082009-170726
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/42879