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Science 11 June 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3988, pp. 1128 - 1132
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3988.1128
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Runoff of Deicing Salt: Effect on Irondequoit Bay, Rochester, New York

Robert C. Bubeck 1, William H. Diment 1, Bruce L. Deck 1, Alton L. Baldwin 1, and Stewart D. Lipton 1

1 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

Salt used for deicing the streets near Rochester, New York, has increased the chloride concentration in Irondequoit Bay at least fivefold during the past two decades. During the winter of 1969-70 the quantity and salinity of the dense runoff that accumulated on the bottom of the bay was sufficient to prevent complete vertical mixing of the bay during the spring. Comparison with 1939 conditions indicates that the period of summer stratification has been prolonged a month by the density gradient imposed by the salt runoff.


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