Groundwater chloride response in the Highland Creek watershed due to road salt application: A re-assessment after 20years

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 479, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-168

  Perera, Nandana ^a,c   Gharabaghi, Bahram ^a   Howard, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Computational Hydraulics International ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Baseflow; Chloride concentration; Protection; Road salt; Urban karst

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; PROTECTION; ROAD SALTS; URBAN KARST;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; AQUIFER; BASEFLOW; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; DUAL POROSITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; GUIDELINE; KARST HYDROLOGY; MONITORING; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; ROAD; RUNOFF; SALT; STREAMWATER; WATERSHED;

CANADA; HIGHLAND CREEK; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84872273956     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.057     Document Type: Article

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