Fate of high loads of ammonia in a pond and wetland downstream from a hazardous waste disposal site

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1365-1376

  Cutrofello, Michele ^a   Durant, John L ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

(NH3)T; Groundwater; Stormwater; Surface water transport; Total ammonia; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WETLANDS;

STORMWATER; SURFACE WATER TRANSPORT; TOTAL AMMONIA;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

AMMONIA; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; BASIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; HAZARDOUS WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POND; STORMWATER; SURFACE WATER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYPOTHESIS; LOADING TEST; POND; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER TRANSPORT; WETLAND;

ABERJONA RIVER; HALLS BROOK; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249311898     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.01.026     Document Type: Article

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