The extent and magnitude of sediment contamination in the Southern California Bight

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 454, Issue , 2009, Pages 399-412

  Maruya, Keith A ^a   Schiff, Kenneth ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SURVEYS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TRACE METAL;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149179550     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2454(6.2)     Document Type: Article

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