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ionic pulse
Release of solutes from storage in the seasonal snowpack. Increased ionic concentration during snowmelt (concentrations of the main ions in the first meltwater may exceed the snowpack average by several times, as most of the pollutant load is eluted early during the spring thaw)
 

 

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29 August 2011
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