Regional analysis of the effect of paved roads on sodium and chloride in lakes

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2749-2758

  Kelting, Daniel L ^a   Laxson, Corey L ^a   Yerger, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack Park; GIS; Management; Road salt; Shoreline; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; LAKES; MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; ROADS AND STREETS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATERSHEDS;

BASE-LINE CONCENTRATIONS; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; ROAD SALTS; SHORELINE;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

CHLORIDE; SODIUM; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LAKE WATER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PAVEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SALINIZATION; SHORELINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROADIAN; WATERSHED;

ADIRONDACK PARK; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858998750     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.02.032     Document Type: Article

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