Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Sediment monitoring data from the Upper Mississippi (Pools 1-10), Minnesota, and St. Croix Rivers. Data collected by the St. Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) from 1974-1998:
Sampling Purpose: This study represents several years of sediment sample collection by the St. Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) on the Upper Mississippi (Pools 1-10), Minnesota, and St. Croix Rivers. A total of 602 sediment core and grab samples were collected for various monitoring efforts throughout 1974-1998. Samples were analyzed for volatile matter, organic carbon, total nitrogen, particle size, water content, metals, organochlorines, polychlorinated biphenyls, and petroleum-related compounds. Note: Some concern has been expressed by the ACOE that earlier (1974-1984) polychlorinated biphenyl values reported in this data set are somewhat low.
Number of Observations (samples) in Data Set: 602
Institution Providing Data: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Data Set No. 36:
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Data source variables
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Sample variables
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Classes of Contaminants (in both data set 36 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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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/36.html
Page Contact Information: Contacting the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Page Last Modified:
January 29, 2016
