The Effects of Road Salt on Stream Water Chemistry in Two Small Forested Watersheds, Catoctin Mountain, Maryland, USA

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 243-265

  Price, Jason R ^a   Szymanski, David W ^b  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catoctin Mountain; Chesapeake Bay; Potomac River; Road salt; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; FOREST COVER; ION EXCHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREAMWATER; URBANIZATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN; CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; POTOMAC RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897551174     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-013-9193-8     Document Type: Article

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