Spatial characterization of the occurrence of road salts and their environmental concentrations as chlorides in Canadian surface waters and benthic sediments

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 545-574

  Mayer, T ^a   Snodgrass, W J ^b   Morin, D ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Transportation of Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorides; Risk assessment; Road salts; Saline lakes; Salt loadings; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

CANADA;

EID: 0033371182     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.1999.028     Document Type: Article

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