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Hydrodynamic forcing and sediment character in Boston Harbor Hydrodynamic forcing and sediment character in Boston Harbor
Calculated annual excess skin friction stress at various locations in Quincy Bay (outer Boston Harbor) was found to be correlated positively with sediment sand content. The correlation was optimized when a critical shear stress (??c) of 0.085 Pa was assumed for the bay. The excess shear stress was correlated negatively with sediment lead (Pb) and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)...
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T.M. Ravens, O.S. Madsen, R. P. Signell, E.E. Adams, P.M. Gschwend
The Toms Canyon structure, New Jersey outer continental shelf: A possible late Eocene impact crater The Toms Canyon structure, New Jersey outer continental shelf: A possible late Eocene impact crater
The Toms Canyon structure [~20-22 km wide] is located on the New Jersey outer continental shelf beneath 80-100 m of water, and is buried by ~1 km of upper Eocene to Holocene sedimentary strata. The structure displays several characteristics typical of terrestrial impact craters (flat floor; upraised faulted rim: brecciated sedimentary fill), but several other characteristics are atypical...
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C. W. Poag, L.J. Poppe
Comparison of hydrochemical tracers to estimate source contributions to peak flow in a small, forested, headwater catchment Comparison of hydrochemical tracers to estimate source contributions to peak flow in a small, forested, headwater catchment
Three-component (throughfall, soil water, groundwater) hydrograph separations at peak flow were performed on 10 storms over a 2-year period in a small forested catchment in north-central Maryland using an iterative and an exact solution. Seven pairs of tracers (deuterium and oxygen 18, deuterium and chloride, deuterium and sodium, deuterium and silica, chloride and silica, chloride and...
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Karen C. Rice, George M. Hornberger
Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus: transmission from infectious to susceptible rainbow trout fry Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus: transmission from infectious to susceptible rainbow trout fry
Fry of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss were exposed to serotype VR-299 of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) by using a standardized immersion challenge. In concurrent experiments, fish were monitored for 11 d for excretion of IPNV or monitored for 9 d for excretion and transmission of IPNV to susceptible rainbow trout fry. Immersion-challenged fish began excreting virus...
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J. Bebak, P. E. McAllister, G. Smith
The Flood of June 1998 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island The Flood of June 1998 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
More than 10 inches of rain fell on some areas of eastern Massachusetts and more than 7 inches fell on some areas of Rhode Island during and intense and prolonged rainstorm from June 12 through June 15, 1998. On some streams, the magnitude of the floods resulting from the rain would be exceeded, on average, only once every 50 years. Estimated property damage from the June 1998 floods...
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Gene W. Parker, Kernell G. Ries, Roy S. Socolow
Preliminary report on water quality associated with the abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek Mines, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee Preliminary report on water quality associated with the abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek Mines, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee
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R.R. Seal, J. M. Hammarstrom, C.S. Southworth, A. L. Meier, D.P. Haffner, A. P. Schultz, G.S. Plumlee, M.J. Flohr, J.C. Jackson, S. M. Smith, P. L. Hageman
Data Quality Objectives and Criteria for Basic Information, Acceptable Uncertainty, and Quality-Assurance and Quality-Control Documentation Data Quality Objectives and Criteria for Basic Information, Acceptable Uncertainty, and Quality-Assurance and Quality-Control Documentation
The Federal Highway Administration and State transportation agencies have the responsibility of determining and minimizing the effects of highway runoff on water quality; therefore, they have been conducting an extensive program of water-quality monitoring and research during the last 25 years. The objectives and monitoring goals of highway runoff studies have been diverse, because the...
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Gregory E. Granato, Fred G. Bank, Patricia A. Cazenas
Why aren't there more Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)? Why aren't there more Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)?
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D.L. Parrish, R.J. Behnke, S.R. Gephard, S. D. McCormick, G.H. Reeves
Oceanic methane hydrate: The character of the Blake Ridge hydrate stability zone, and the potential for methane extraction Oceanic methane hydrate: The character of the Blake Ridge hydrate stability zone, and the potential for methane extraction
Oceanic methane hydrates are mineral deposits formed from a crystalline 'ice' of methane and water in sea-floor sediments (buried to less than about 1 km) in water depths greater than about 500 m; economic hydrate deposits are probably restricted to water depths of between 1.5 km and 4 km. Gas hydrates increase a sediment's strength both by 'freezing' the sediment and by filling the pore...
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M.D. Max, William P. Dillon
Sampling protocols for vertebrates Sampling protocols for vertebrates
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R. Ross, R. Bennett
Walden Pond, Massachusetts: Environmental setting and current investigations Walden Pond, Massachusetts: Environmental setting and current investigations
Introduction Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, is famous among lakes because of its unique social history. Walden was the setting for American naturalist Henry David Thoreau's well-known essay 'Walden; or, Life in the Woods,' first published in 1854. Thoreau lived and wrote at Walden Pond from July 1845 to September 1847. In 'Walden,' Thoreau combined highly admired writing on
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John A. Colman, Marcus C. Waldron
Surface-water quality information in Connecticut : answering key scientific and management questions Surface-water quality information in Connecticut : answering key scientific and management questions
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Elaine C. Todd Trench, Steven S. Kiesman