Particle pathways of Niagara river water in Lake Ontario affecting bottom sediment contamination

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 322, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 109-116

  Murthy, C Raj ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

large lakes; limnology; plume mixing; sediment contamination

Indexed keywords

LAKE POLLUTION; LIMNOLOGY; PLUME MIXING; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

CANADA, ONTARIO, LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 0029660006     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00031814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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