Hydrograph and chloride pollutograph analysis of Hobbs Brook reservoir subbasin in eastern Massachusetts

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 503, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-134

  Ostendorf, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloride; Hydrographs; Linear systems; Pollutographs; Road salt

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; HYDROGRAPHS; POLLUTOGRAPHS; ROAD SALTS; SPECIFIC CONDUCTIVITY;

AQUIFERS; GAGES; LINEAR SYSTEMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

BASEFLOW; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUBSURFACE FLOW; URBAN REGION; WATERSHED;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884713595     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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