Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Chemical analysis of sediment grabs and cores from the Upper Mississippi River (Pools 4, 7, and 10) collected by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources:
Sampling Purpose: This study includes various sediment samples from the Upper Mississippi River (Pools 4, 7, and 10) collected by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. A total of 35 sediment grab and core samples were collected and analyzed for volatile matter, organic carbon, total nitrogen, water content, metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorines.
Number of Observations (samples) in Data Set: 36
Institution Providing Data: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Data Set No. 43:
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Data source variables
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Sample variables
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Classes of Contaminants (in both data set 43 and other data sets)
Inorganic contaminants:
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Metals, metalloids, nutrients and others
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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/43.html
Page Contact Information: Contacting the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Page Last Modified:
January 29, 2016
