Seasonal and daily variations in concentrations of methyl-tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) at Cranberry Lake, New Jersey

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3756-3766

  Toran, Laura ^a   Lipka, Charles ^a   Baehr, Arthur ^b   Reilly, Timothy ^b   Baker, Ronald ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Gasoline; Lake; Monitoring; MTBE; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CLIMATOLOGY; ETHERS; GASOLINE;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

LAKES;

LAKE WATER; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; LAKE POLLUTION; MTBE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; HALF LIFE TIME; LAKE; MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CRANBERRY LAKE; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 0038350529     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00243-4     Document Type: Article

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