Fate of perfluorinated carboxylates and sulfonates during snowmelt within an urban watershed

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8113-8119

  Meyer, Torsten ^a   De Silva, Amila O ^b   Spencer, Christine ^b   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE AREA; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; HIGH FLOW; HIGH FLOW CONDITIONS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTIAL REPLACEMENT; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROALKYL CHAINS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; RIVER WATER; RIVERINE FLUX; SNOWMELT; SNOWMELT WATER; TORONTO , CANADA; TRAFFIC-RELATED; TRANSPORT DYNAMICS; URBAN WATERSHED; URBANIZED AREA; WATER SOLUBILITIES;

AQUIFERS; CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHAIN LENGTH; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELTING; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; HEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROHEXANOATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SNOW; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOBILIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SOLUBILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CANADA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RIVER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATERSHED;

CANADA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; PHASE TRANSITION; RIVERS; SNOW; SULFONIC ACIDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 80053400719     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200106q     Document Type: Article

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