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Predicting the Long-Term Fate of Sediments and Contaminants in Massachusetts Bay

USGS Fact Sheet 172-97

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Figure 4. Concentration of silver in surficial sediments (in micrograms per gram of dry sediment). Silver is a key element in tracing the distribution of sewage particles in the coastal ocean. (Bothner and others, 1993.)
Concentration of silver in surficial sediments (in micrograms per gram of dry sediment).

Coastal and Marine Geology Program > Fact Sheet 172-97

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