Coal-tar pavement sealant use and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in urban stream sediments

Physical Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 392-415

  Pavlowsky, R T ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coal tar sealant; parking lot runoff; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; sediment contamination; sediment tracers

Indexed keywords

COAL TAR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAH; PAVEMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RUNOFF; SEALING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXIC MATERIAL; TRACER;

MISSOURI; SPRINGFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887801630     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2013.848393     Document Type: Article

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