Toxins in the Vicinity of the Proposed Norfolk Disposal Site.

• Main Authors: Alden III ,Raymond W, Hall,Guy J, Rule,Joseph H
• Other Authors: OLD DOMINION UNIV NORFOLK VA APPLIED MARINE RESEARCH LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1985
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Civil Engineering; *TOXIC HAZARDS; *OCEAN WASTE DISPOSAL; *HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; TEST AND EVALUATION; VIRGINIA; TISSUES(BIOLOGY); IMPACT; BIOLOGY; WATER; SITES; FORECASTING; TEST METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; BASE LINES; NAVIGATION; HYDROCARBONS; SAMPLING; PATTERNS; ROADS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; OCEANS; DISPOSAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; DREDGED MATERIALS; DREDGING; SEDIMENTS; CHANNELS; ECOLOGY; SHORES; OPEN WATER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS; HEAVY METALS; Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons; Hampton roads; Hampton; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA165124; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA165124

Dredging activities are considered essential to the functioning of most ports in maintaining navigational channels. The question most frequently addressed concerns where to dispose the dredged material with the least possible ecological impact. A great deal of interest is being focused on the feasib...