The influence of a coal-fired power plant in Turkey on the chemical composition of rain water in a certain region

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 189-196

  Demirak, Ahmet ^a  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Coal power plant; Neutralization factor; Rain water; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; PH EFFECTS;

CLOUD WATER; NEUTRALIZATION FACTOR; RAIN WATER;

ACID RAIN;

AMMONIA; ANION; CALCIUM ION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATION; COAL; LIMESTONE; NITRATE; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON; RAIN; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; WATER;

ACID RAIN; ANION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NEUTRALIZATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; SULFATE; WATER QUALITY;

ACID RAIN; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLY ASH; PH; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER SAMPLING;

ACID RAIN; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POWER PLANTS; TURKEY;

EURASIA; MUGLA; TURKEY; YATAGAN;

EID: 34547117402     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9352-0     Document Type: Article

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