Deicing salt accumulation and loss in highway snowbanks

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 155-164

  Buttle, J M ^a   Labadia, C F ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE SOLUTIONS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; INFILTRATION; RUNOFF; SALINE WATER; SALTS; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL;

DEICING SALTS; HIGHWAY SNOWBANKS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ICE; MAGNESIUM; RUNOFF; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HIGHWAY; SOIL; WINTER;

EID: 0032908668     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800010018x     Document Type: Article

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