The effect of coal and diesel particulates on the weathering loss of Portland Limestone in an urban environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 207-223

  Searle, David E ^a   Mitchell, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal; Diesel; Microcatchments; Particulates; Weathering loss

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIMESTONE; WEATHERING;

DIESEL PARTICULATES; MICROCATCHMENTS; PORTLAND LIMESTONE; WEATHERING LOSS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

COAL; DIESEL FUEL; LIMESTONE; RUNOFF;

COAL; DIESEL; LIMESTONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; WEATHERING RATE;

ARTICLE; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WEATHERING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COAL; GASOLINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748957328     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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