Publication
Title
Chemistry of precipitation near a limestone building
Author
Abstract
A total of 82 samples of wet and total deposition were sampled near the limestone cathedral at Mechelen, Belgium, which is presently being affected seriously by air pollution, and at a reference site. Most of these samples were analyzed for 10 major and 7 trace ions in solution and for 15 elements in suspension. It appeared that calcite, released from the building, effectively neutralizes the rainwater in the near vicinity and produces high Ca and bicarbonate concentrations. Heavy metal concentrations are hardly affected by the building.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Water, air and soil pollution. - Dordrecht
Publication
Dordrecht : 1988
ISSN
0049-6979 [print]
1573-2932 [online]
DOI
10.1007/BF00280759
Volume/pages
38 :3/4 (1988) , p. 273-282
ISI
A1988P648100007
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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