Simulated rain events on an urban roadway to understand the dynamics of mercury mobilization in stormwater runoff

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3635-3646

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Impervious surfaces; Mercury; Non point source pollution; Stormwater; Total suspended solids; Urban; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

HYDROGRAPHS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; MERCURY; MOBILISATION; NONPOINT-SOURCE POLLUTION (NPS); SIMULATED RAIN EVENTS; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STORMWATERS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; URBAN;

WATER QUALITY;

ISOTOPE; MERCURY; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

HYDROGRAPH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOBILIZATION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; STABLE ISOTOPE; STORMWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT PROCESS; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 67651097854     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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