Recent recovery of lake water quality in Southern Québec following reductions in sulfur emissions

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 247-261

  Houle, Daniel ^a,b   Gagnon, Christian ^a   Couture, Suzanne ^a   Kemp, Alain ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Acidification reversibility; Alkalinity; Basic cations; Lake chemistry; Lake recovery; Qu bec; Sulfate; Surface water recovery

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; EMISSION CONTROL; LAKE POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; SULFATE; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

EID: 4344567334     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000028358.19709.81     Document Type: Article

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