Mercury mobilization in urban stormwater runoff

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 403, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 164-177

  Eckley, Chris S ^a,b   Branfireun, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Non point source pollution; Precipitation; Street dust; Total suspended solids

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PARKING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; STORM SEWERS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ELSEVIER (CO); FIRST FLUSH; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG FLUX; HIGH FREQUENCY SAMPLING; HYDROGRAPH; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); LAND COVER (LC); LAND USE; MASS BALANCING; MERCURY(III); PEAK DISCHARGES; RAIN EVENTS; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; STREET DUSTS; SURFACE STORAGE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS); URBAN CATCHMENT; URBAN STORMWATER RUNOFF;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; STORM WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEMENT MOBILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LAND COVER; MASS BALANCE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CITIES; CONCENTRATION; DUST; FORESTRY; HYDROGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; LAND USE; MERCURY; PRECIPITATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SEWERS; SOLIDS;

EID: 47849128440     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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