Comparing methods and sediment contaminant indicators for determining produced water fate in a Louisiana estuary

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 731-740

  Woodall, Debra W ^a   Rabalais, Nancy N ^b   Gambrell, Robert P ^a   DeLaune, Ronald D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA Universities Marine Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Formation water; Louisiana estuaries; Oil field brine; Produced water; Sediment contaminants; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; IMPURITIES; SEDIMENTS;

COMPASS ORIENTED TRANSECT (COT);

MARINE POLLUTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROCARBON; METAL; OIL; RADIUM; RADIUM 228; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ESTUARY; FIELD METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SALINITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRANSECT; WASTEWATER;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; GAS; HYDROLOGY; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; STRATIFICATION; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038730870     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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