Increase of urban lake salinity by road deicing salt

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 131-144

  Novotny, Eric V ^a   Murphy, Dan ^a   Stefan, Heinz G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake chemistry; Lakes; Minnesota; Northern climate; Road salt; Transportation; Urban area; Water Quality

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; PERSONNEL; RAIN; REGIONAL PLANNING; ROADS AND STREETS; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

LAKE CHEMISTRY; MINNESOTA; NORTHERN CLIMATE; ROAD SALT; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN AREA;

LAKES;

CHLORIDE; LAKE WATER; RAIN; RUNOFF; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

METROPOLITAN AREA; POREWATER; RAINFALL; ROAD TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URBAN AREA; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINENTAL ICE; HIGHWAY; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WINTER;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; ICE; MINNESOTA; PHASE TRANSITION; SALINITY; SALTS; SNOW; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54849390500     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.037     Document Type: Article

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