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Map showing distribution of copper, lead, zinc, mercury, and arsenic in the sediments off the coast of northern Alaska Map showing distribution of copper, lead, zinc, mercury, and arsenic in the sediments off the coast of northern Alaska
A developing interest in the normal distributions of potentially harmful substances in the natural environment has prompted a baseline study of a virtually pristine region along the northern coast of Alaska. The information reported here outlines the background values of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic in the nearshore sediments and is a companion to a similar report...
Map showing flood and surface water information in the Sugar House quadrangle, Salt Lake County, Utah Map showing flood and surface water information in the Sugar House quadrangle, Salt Lake County, Utah
In the past man has built on land that might be covered by floodwaters, with little consideration of the consequences. The result has been disastrous to those in the path of floodwaters and has cost the loss of thousands of lives and untold billions of dollars in property damage in the United States. Salt Lake County, of which the Sugar House quadrangle is a part, has had many floods in...