An 80-year record of sediment quality in the lower Mississippi River

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 2438-2448

  Van Metre, Peter C ^a   Horowitz, Arthur J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metals; PAHs; PCBs; Sediment core; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUND; PAHS; PCBS; SEDIMENT CORE; TRENDS; US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS;

IMPURITIES; LAKES; METALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOACCUMULATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PAH; PCB; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRACE METAL;

GAVINS POINT DAM; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880586891     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9336     Document Type: Article

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