Boston Harbor sediment quality responds to cleanup

OCEANS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hunt, Carlton D ^a   Dahlen, Deirdre ^a   Pala, Stacy ^a   Hall, Maury ^b   Keay, Ken ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Water Resources Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; LOAD REDUCTIONS; SEDIMENT QUALITY; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

IMPURITIES; INVESTMENTS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EID: 50949108097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2006.307140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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