Chronic and episodic acidification of Adirondack streams from acid rain in 2003-2005

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2264-2274

  Lawrence, Gregory B ^a   Roy, Karen M ^b   Baldigo, Barry P ^a   Simonin, Howard A ^b   Capone, Susan B ^c   Sutherland, James W ^d   Nierzwicki Bauer, Sandra A ^e   Boylen, Charles W ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation   (United States)

^d Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst ^*  (United States)

^e RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ACIDIC DEPOSITIONS; BASE FLOWS; BLACK RIVERS; CONVENTIONAL ACIDS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; EPISODIC ACIDIFICATIONS; LIMITED INFORMATIONS; NEUTRALIZING CAPACITIES; NEW YORK; ON STREAMS; SNOWMELT; STREAM WATERS; TOTAL LENGTHS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; SNOW;

ACID RAIN; ACIDIFICATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; STREAM (RIVER); TITRIMETRY; WET DEPOSITION;

ACID RAIN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEW YORK; RIVERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 57049145246     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0061     Document Type: Article

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