Geovisualization of mercury contamination in Lake St. Clair Sediments

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Forsythe, K Wayne ^a   Marvin, Chris H ^b   Valancius, Christine J ^a   Watt, James P ^c   Aversa, Joseph M ^a   Swales, Stephen J ^a   Jakubek, Daniel J ^a   Shaker, Richard R ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CH2M Hill Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Contamination; Geovisualization; Kriging; Lake St. Clair; Mercury; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041232336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jmse4010019     Document Type: Article

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