Reversal of acidification in upland waters of the English Lake District

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 143-151

  Tipping, E ^a   Carrick, T R ^a   Hurley, M A ^a   James, J B ^a   Lawlor, A J ^a   Lofts, S ^a   Rigg, E ^a   Sutcliffe, D W ^b   Woof, C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Acidification; Reversal; Sulphur; Surface waters

Indexed keywords

CATION; LAKE WATER; RAIN; SULFATE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PH; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032213262     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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