Rise and fall of road salt contamination of water-supply springs

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 537-543

  Werner, Eberhard ^a   DiPretoro, Richard S ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ground water; Ion exchange effects; Road salt contamination; Spring contamination; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCKS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPRINGS (WATER);

DE-ICING AGENT; HYDRAULIC GRADIENT; MONITORING PERIOD; ROAD SALT CONTAMINATION; WEST VIRGINIA;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FRACTURE ZONE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION EXCHANGE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPRING WATER;

EID: 37849186973     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0350-x     Document Type: Article

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