Pollution buildup on road surfaces

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-59

  Deletic, Ana ^a   Orr, David W ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BMT Cordah Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Nonpoint pollution; Nutrients; Particle size; Sediment; United Kingdom; Urban runoff

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICS;

ROAD SURFACES; SEDIMENT LOADING; SEDIMENTS SIZE FRACTIONS;

POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ABERDEEN [SCOTLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11844294627     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:1(49)     Document Type: Article

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