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Llano Grande Lake Bottom Sediments--A Chronicle of Water-Quality Changes in the Arroyo Colorado, South Texas, 1989-2001

By B.J. Mahler, and P.C. Van Metre

Fact Sheet 065-02

In cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


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Contents

Highlights of Findings

Collection and Age-Dating of the Sediment Core

Trends in Organochlorine Compounds

Trends in Major and Trace Elements

Conclusions and Implications

Acknowledgments

References

Figures

  1. Location of the study site
  2. Concentrations of Cesium-137, total DDT, and normalized lead from a sediment core collected from Llano Grande Lake

Table

  1. Concentrations of selected organochlorine compounds and major and trace elements in the Llano Grande Lake sediment core


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