Basic Project Information

Basic Project Information
Title	Sorption and Desorption Kinetics of Pesticides on Delaware Soils and Soil Constituents Effects on Water Quality
Project Number	03-7-32-7705-41
Start Date	6/92
End Date	5/94
Research Category	Water Quality
Focus Category	GROUNDWATER WATER QUALITY
Lead Institute	DE Water Resources Center
Other Affiliations	N/A

Principal Investigators

Principal Investigators
Name	Rank During Project Period	Affiliation
Donald Sparks	Professor	Chairperson, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of DE

Publications

• Ph.D. Dissertation , Tang,Liya , 1996 , Kinetics and Mechanisms of Pesticide Adsorption-Desorption on Soils and Soil Constituents , Ph.D. Dissertation , University of DE , Newark, DE , N/A .
• Book Chapters , Sparks, D. L., S. E. Fendorf, P. C. Zhang, and L. Tang , 1993 , Kinetics and Mechanisms of Environmentally Important Reactions on Soil Colloidal Surface , In: D. Petruzzeli and F. Helfferich (eds.) Migration and Fate of Pollutants in Soils and subsoils. , NATO ASI Series G, Vol. 32, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. , N/A , N/A .
• Articles in Conference Proceedings , Tang, Liya, and D. L. Sparks , 1993 , Adsorption-desorption Kinetics of Atrazine on Soil Constituents , Soil Science Society of America Meeting, Agronomy Abstract , Cincinnati, Ohio, , N/A , p. 237 .
• Articles in Conference Proceedings , Tang, Liya, and D. L. Sparks , 1994 , Adsorption-desorption Kinetics of Atrazine on Vermiculite using a Stirred-flow Technique , Soil Science Society of America Meeting Agronomy Abstract , Seattle, WA , N/A , p. 257 .

Funding

Funding Sources
Funding Date	Fund Type	Source	Amount
6/92	Section 104	NIWR + match	$62,395
6/93	Section 104	NIWR + match	$65,639

Students Supported

Student Support
Student Level	Number of Students	Number of Dissertations/Thesis
Undergraduate	N/A	N/A
Masters	N/A	N/A
Ph.D.	1	1
Post Ph.D.	N/A	N/A

Awards & Achievements

Termination