Density currents in the Chicago River: Characterization, effects on water quality, and potential sources

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 401, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 130-143

  Jackson, P Ryan ^a   García, Carlos M ^b   Oberg, Kevin A ^c   Johnson, Kevin K ^c   García, Marcelo H ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional flow; Chicago River; Chloride; Deicing salt; Density current; Gravity current

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; IMPURITIES; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

BIDIRECTIONAL FLOW; DEICING SALTS; GRAVITY CURRENT; RIVER SYSTEMS;

CURRENT DENSITY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CHLORIDE; GRAVITY FIELD; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SALINITY; SEWER; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHICAGO; CHLORIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; ILLINOIS; RIVERS; SALINITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CHICAGO; CHICAGO RIVER; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44749091271     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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