Identifying water-quality trends in the Trinity River, Texas, USA, 1969-1992, using sediment cores from Lake Livingston

Environmental Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 190-200

  Van Metre, P C ^a   Callender, E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

DDT; Lead; Reservoir; Sediment cores; Texas; Trend

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER QUALITY; SEDIMENT CORE; WATER QUALITY;

USA, TEXAS, TRINITY RIVER;

EID: 0030303699     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050093     Document Type: Article

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