Water-quality trends in White Rock Creek Basin from 1912-1994 identified using sediment cores from White Rock Lake Reservoir, Dallas, Texas

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-

  Van Metre, Peter C ^a   Callender, Edward ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

lead; PCB; pesticides; sediment cores; trends; water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND USE; RESERVOIR SEDIMENT; RESERVOIR WATER QUALITY; SEDIMENT CORE;

USA, TEXAS, DALLAS, WHITE ROCK LAKE; USA, TEXAS, WHITE ROCK CREEK BASIN;

EID: 0030620415     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007923328851     Document Type: Article

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