Parking lot sealcoat: An unrecognized source of urban polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5560-5566

  Mahler, Barbara J ^a   Van Metre, Peter C ^a   Bashara, Thomas J ^b   Wilson, Jennifer T ^a   Johns, David A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b City of Austin Watershed Protection Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; PARKING; RUNOFF; SEALS; STREAM FLOW;

SEALCOATS; URBAN STREAMS; WATER BODIES; WATERSHED;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ASPHALT; CEMENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RUNOFF;

PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; URBAN DRAINAGE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMULSION; MATERIAL COATING; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TEXAS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 23244462794     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0501565     Document Type: Article

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