Benthic sediment data from eleven stations in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, Alabama on 17 June 1981 (NODC Accession 0118497)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2014
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0118497; 118497; SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS; laboratory analysis; benthic; composition & location; physical; sediment analysis; site samples; Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Coastal waters of Alabama; Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico; Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; Alabama; Dauphin Island; North Atlantic
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Benthic sediment samples were collected from eleven stations in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta on 17 June 1981. Samples were analyzed for particle size distribution characteristics. At least eight were near the wastewater discharge pipes of industrial sites, and at least two were not near potential s...