Title page for E-project-102707-133435

Project Type IQP

Submission date 2007-10-27

Author
Alexander Eric Patkowski, MA

URN E-project-102707-133435

Division Technology and Environment

Center Worcester, MA

Title The Southwest Environment

Advisor
Crusberg, Theodore C., BIO

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
Coal burning power plants in the American Southwest produce a
variety of airborne pollutants and combustion products, which fall
to the ground via precipitation processes. These pollutants often
land on the surface of an area known as the Great Basin and the
Colorado Basin. Sulfur and nitrogen deposition in excess of the
natural historic quantities may result in ecological change. The
purpose of this study was to explore this issue and to determine if
there may be any ecological changes and if there is indeed any
need for concern.

Files
patk.pdf

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Project Type	IQP
Submission date	2007-10-27
Author	Alexander Eric Patkowski, MA
URN	E-project-102707-133435
Division	Technology and Environment
Center	Worcester, MA
Title	The Southwest Environment
Advisor	Crusberg, Theodore C., BIO
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Coal burning power plants in the American Southwest produce a variety of airborne pollutants and combustion products, which fall to the ground via precipitation processes. These pollutants often land on the surface of an area known as the Great Basin and the Colorado Basin. Sulfur and nitrogen deposition in excess of the natural historic quantities may result in ecological change. The purpose of this study was to explore this issue and to determine if there may be any ecological changes and if there is indeed any need for concern.
Files	patk.pdf