Impacts of a soda ash facility on onondaga lake and the Seneca River, NY

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-306

  Effler, Steven W ^a   Matthews, David A ^a  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Chloride; Industry; Ionic pollution; Loads; Sodium; Stratification; Tributary

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144369470     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140309353940     Document Type: Article

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