2 Research for Investigating and Managing Soil Contamination Caused by Winter Maintenance in Cold Regions

In the north temperate and arctic zones, large amounts of de-icing chemicals are used during the frozen season for winter maintenance of highways, roads, airports and other surface areas. The transport sector, and civil aviation in particular, has become a major industry and is one of the fastest gr...

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Main Author: Helen K. French
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.465.865
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Summary:In the north temperate and arctic zones, large amounts of de-icing chemicals are used during the frozen season for winter maintenance of highways, roads, airports and other surface areas. The transport sector, and civil aviation in particular, has become a major industry and is one of the fastest growing sectors of the world economy (Janic, 1999).