Recent temporal trends in sediment metal concentrations near a large wastewater outfall off Orange County, California

Water Environment Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-114

  Phillips, Charles ^a   Hershelman, G Patrick ^a,b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Southern California Marine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

metals; outfall; sediments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; EFFLUENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030070060     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143096X127253     Document Type: Article

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