Geography 2010A/B Chapter Notes -Sedimentary Rock, Acid Rain, Canadian Shield
25 Nov 2012
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Often, industrial activities or the burning of fossil fuels contribute to air pollution, acid rain, smog, and global warming. Smog and acid rain are two products of air pollution. The top three provinces by industrial emissions are ab, on, and sk. The great lakes have a seemingly infinite capacity to accept garbage, which results in pollution. Acid rain (regional scale): acid rain is precipitation with a higher than normal level of acidity and it affects the forests and lakes of on, qc, and atlantic canada. The major cause of it is the use of fossil fuels in industry and transportation. The impact area is downwind (east) of the source or origin. The source area is the industrial heartland of north america. The hardest hit areas are underlain by the canadian shield. Sedimentary rock is capable of neutralizing acid rain, but the canadian shield isn"t made of sedimentary rock, so there is no buffering there.
