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Boston Harbor Studies: the fate of sediments and contaminants in Massachusetts Bay

http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/bostonharbor/

Boston Harbor/Massachusetts Bay Studies research project conducted as part of Boston Harbor cleanup to predict the fate of contaminants and sediments introduced to Massachusetts' coastal waters from sources that include Boston sewage outfall.

by Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (Cooperator); United States Coast Guard (Cooperator); Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Cooperator); and Coastal and Marine Geology Program (Sponsor)
Related topics:
Contaminant transport, Ecosystem monitoring, Ecotoxicology, Geochemistry, Marine water quality, Mathematical simulation, Sedimentation, Waste treatment and disposal, Bays, Harbors
States or counties
Norfolk, Suffolk,
Hydrologic units
Massachusetts-Rhode Island Coastal,
Quadrangles
Boston

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