Pollution history of the Savannah River Estuary and comparisons with Baltic Sea pollution history

Limnologica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-273

  Alexander, C ^a   Smith, R ^a   Loganathan, B ^a   Ertel, J ^a   Windom, H L ^a   Lee, Richard F ^a  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Cores; Dating; History; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032707918     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0075-9511(99)80012-7     Document Type: Article

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