Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Evaluation of Illinois stream sediment data: Illinois River study:
Sampling Purpose: In 1989, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (ILEPA) conducted a "Special Survey" of the Illinois River. Sediment grab samples were collected from five pools (La Grange, Peoria, Marseilles, and Starved Rock Pools) on the Illinois River and from the Des Plaines River. The sieved samples were analyzed for volatile matter, total nitrogen, metals, fungicides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorines.
Number of Observations (samples) in Data Set: 15
Institution Providing Data: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Data Set No. 27:
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Data source variables
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Sample variables
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Classes of Contaminants (in both data set 27 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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Organochlorine insecticides
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Fungicides
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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/27.html
Page Contact Information: Contacting the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Page Last Modified:
January 29, 2016
