Transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pesticides during snowmelt within an urban watershed

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1147-1156

  Meyer, Torsten ^a   Lei, Ying Duan ^a   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pesticides; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Snowmelt; Urban watershed

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMPURITIES; MELTING; PESTICIDES; PYRENE; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

CITY OF TORONTO; FLUORANTHENE; LARGE AMOUNTS; NORMAL FLOW; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PARTICULATE FRACTION; RIVER WATER; SNOW MELT; SNOW PACKS; URBAN WATERSHED;

GROUNDWATER;

ANTHRACENE; BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHLOROTHALONIL; FLUORANTHENE; INDENO(1,2,3 C,D)PYRENE; LINDANE; PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; RIVER WATER; SNOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABLATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HCH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; RIVER WATER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SUBSURFACE FLOW; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CANADA; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 78650548181     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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