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WRRCSR No. 7.5:85 Drilling Program and Pesticide Analysis of Core Samples from Pineapple Fields in Central O'ahu
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | WRRCSR No. 7.5:85 Drilling Program and Pesticide Analysis of Core Samples from Pineapple Fields in Central O'ahu |
| Creator | Peterson, Frank L. Green, Kim R. Green, Richard E. Ogata, Janice N. |
| Subject | Groundwater -- Pollution -- Hawaii. Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- Hawaii. Soil permeability -- Testing. |
| Description | As part of the ongoing research of the WRRC Subsurface Water Quality Project, a drilling program was begun in October 1985 to collect soil and saprolite core samples from sites located in central O‘ahu pineapple fields. Samples were analyzed for concentrations of fumigant pesticides used in pineapple cultivation. These included EDB (ethylene dibromide), DBCP (dibromochloropropane), and TCP (trichloropropane) which originated in the pesticide Shell DD applied over 30 years ago. Results from... Hawaii State Legislature; Office of Environmental Quality Control, State of Hawaii |
| Date | 2010-10-04T21:54:53Z 2010-10-04T21:54:53Z 1985-11 |
| Type | Report Text |
| Identifier | Peterson FL, Green KR, Green RE, Ogata JN. Drilling program and pesticicide analysis of core samples from pineapple fields in central O'ahu. Honolulu (HI): Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa. WRRC special report, 7.5:85. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/18130 |
| Relation | WRRC Special Report 7.5:85 |
| Format | viii + 26 pages application/pdf |
| Publisher | Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa |
