Bulk deposition in a rural area located around a large coal-fired power station, northeast Spain

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-367

  Alastuey, A ^a   Querol, X ^a   Chaves, Aura ^a   Ruiz, C R ^b   Carratala, A ^c   Lopez Soler, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulk deposition; Mediterranean basin; Neutralisation; Saharan intrusions; SO2 emissions; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; SODIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RURAL AREA; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033043831     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00103-7     Document Type: Article

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