Milwaukee, WI, as a source of atmospheric PCBs to Lake Michigan

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-63

  Wethington III, David M ^a,b   Hornbuckle, Keri C ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUXES; IMPURITIES; LAKES; METEOROLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORTS AND HARBORS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; VAPORIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PCB; COGENERS; GAS-PHASE CONCENTRATION; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS EXCHANGE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEDIMENTATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WET DEPOSITION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; MILWAUKEE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WISCONSIN; WORLD;

EID: 11244349827     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048902d     Document Type: Article

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