Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Contaminants in suspended sediment from the Mississippi River (Pools 3-4). Samples collected between 1994 and 1998:
Sampling Purpose: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources deployed glass sediment traps in the Upper Mississippi River (Pools 3-4) to collect composite samples of suspended sediment between 1994 and 1998. The objectives of this study were the same as stated in data set 22, to assess the contaminant concentrations of suspended sediment, evaluate factors influencing contaminant concentrations, and assess temporal trends and compare contaminant concentrations in suspended sediments to recent contaminant investigations on the river. Samples were analyzed for volatile matter, organic carbon, total nitrogen, metals, and polychlorinated biphenyls.
Number of Observations (samples) in Data Set: 17
Institution Providing Data: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Data Set No. 38:
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Data source variables
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Sample variables
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Classes of Contaminants (in both data set 38 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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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/38.html
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Page Last Modified:
January 29, 2016
