Streamwater acid-base chemistry and critical loads of atmospheric sulfur deposition in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 85-99

  Sullivan, Tim J ^a   Cosby, B J ^b   Webb, J R ^b   Dennis, R L ^c   Bulger, A J ^c   Deviney Jr , F A ^b  

^a E and S Environmental Chemistry Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Critical load; Modeling; Stream chemistry; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; STREAM FLOW; SULFUR;

ACIDIFICATION; CRITICAL LOAD; STREAM CHEMISTRY;

EMISSION CONTROL;

NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; MODELING; STREAMWATER; SULFUR; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LAW; SIMULATION; STREAM (RIVER); TROUT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 38349061065     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9731-1     Document Type: Article

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