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Examining offshore sediment-hosted contaminant transport from Hurricane Katrina

Circular 1306-7A
This report is 7A in Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005. See Circular 1306 for more information and other chapters.
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https://doi.org/10.3133/cir13067A

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Abstract

A rapid-response expedition was organized after the passage of Hurricane Katrina to investigate potential offshore environmental impacts and storm-induced sediment-transport processes. Both water-column and sediment samples were collected on the Louisiana shelf for a full complement of organic, inorganic, and geochronological tracers. Based on excess lead-210 (210Pb) inventories in cores collected before and after Katrina, the surface sediments and their associated geochemical signatures were considerably affected by the passage of this storm.

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Swarzenski, P.W., Campbell, P.L., Poore, R.Z., Osterman, L.E., Rosenbauer, R.J., 2007, Examining offshore sediment-hosted contaminant transport from Hurricane Katrina: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1306, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir13067A.

ISSN: 2330-5703 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Examining offshore sediment-hosted contaminant transport from Hurricane Katrina
Series title Circular
Series number 1306
Chapter 7A
DOI 10.3133/cir13067A
Year Published 2007
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) National Wetlands Research Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Description 4 p.
Larger Work Type Report
Larger Work Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Larger Work Title Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005 (Circular 1306)
First page 197
Last page 200
Country United States
State Louisiana
Other Geospatial Mississippi River Delta
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