Patterns of mass sedimentation and of deposition of sediment contaminated by PCBs in Green Bay

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 444-462

  Manchester Neesvig, Jon B ^a   Andren, Anders W ^a   Edgington, David N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Center for Great Lakes Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Green Bay; Lake Michigan; PCBs; sediments

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LAKE SEDIMENT; PCB; SEDIMENTATION;

USA, LAKE MICHIGAN, GREEN BAY;

CANIDAE;

EID: 0029663982     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(96)70969-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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