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The movement of methyl parathion, lindane, and atrazine in two successive soil layers has been described by a Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) model. In the first layer the concentration of each pesticide continuously decreased with time. In the second layer, a peak maxima appeared, whose position might be dependent on the water solubility of each pesticide and their adsorption by soil components. The physical process of transfer with the precipitating rainfall could be the main factor governing the transfer of pesticides, while the chemical, photochemical and biological processes of degradation acted uniformly on top of this process.
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Albanis, T., Pomonis, P. & Sdoukos, A. Describing movement of three pesticides in soil using a cstr in series model. Water Air Soil Pollut 39, 293–302 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279475
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