Potential relative future effects of sulfur and nitrogen deposition on lake chemistry in the Adirondack Mountains, United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2199-2211

  Church, M Robbins ^a   Van Sickle, John ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; SULFUR; WATER CHEMISTRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033061989     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900091     Document Type: Article

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