Accumulation and preliminary inventory of organochlorines in Great Lakes sediments

K. A. Golden; C. S. Wong; J. D. Jeremiason; S. J. Eisenreich; G. Sanders; J. Hallgren; D. L. Swackhamer; D. R. Engstrom; D. T. Long

Accumulation and preliminary inventory of organochlorines in Great Lakes sediments

K. A. Golden, C. S. Wong, J. D. Jeremiason, S. J. Eisenreich, G. Sanders, J. Hallgren, D. L. Swackhamer, D. R. Engstrom, D. T. Long

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Abstract

Sediment cores from lakes Superior, Michigan, and Ontario were analyzed to establish spatial and temporal concentrations and accumulation rates of PCBs and DDT. In this paper, we report the concentrations and accumulation rates for PCBs and DDT in the three lakes, and provide preliminary estimates of sediment inventories employing corrections for sediment focusing. Estimates of burdens of PCBs in the sediments of lakes Superior, Michigan, and Ontario are ~4900 kg, 75,000 kg, and 110,000 kg, respectively.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	19-31
Number of pages	13
Journal	Water Science and Technology
Volume	28
Issue number	8-9
State	Published - Dec 1 1993

Keywords

Accumulation rates
DDT
Great lakes
Inventories
PCBs
Sediments

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