Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Pre-dredging water, sediment, and elutriate analyses of selected parameters from seven sites on the Illinois River:
Sampling Purpose: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) routinely collects samples before dredging, and analyzes the samples for contaminants to assess possible problems associated with the dredging process and the placement of dredged material. Samples included in this data set were collected by the Rock Island District of the ACOE from a large reach of the Illinois River (river miles 116.1-285.8), the Des Plaines River, and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal over a span of several years (1983-1986). Sediment core samples were analyzed for volatile matter, particle size, metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, and petroleum-related compounds. Coordinate information was not provided with this study; however, coordinates were approximated in ArcView using detailed maps and site descriptions.
Number of Observations (samples) in Data Set: 200
Institution Providing Data: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Data Set No. 21:
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Data source variables
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Sample variables
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Classes of Contaminants (in both data set 21 and other data sets)
Inorganic contaminants:
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Metals, metalloids, nutrients and others
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Organic contaminants:
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Petroleum-related compounds
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
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Content manager: Michelle Bartsch
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/data_library/sediments_contaminants/datasets/21.html
Page Contact Information: Contacting the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Page Last Modified:
January 29, 2016
