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The grain size and heavy metal content of sediment in Darwin Harbour

Details:

Title

The grain size and heavy metal content of sediment in Darwin Harbour,

Creator

Fortune, Julia,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, 14/2006,

Date

2006,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)., Samples of seafloor sediments were taken from Darwin Harbour during July 1993. A total of 114 sites were sampled for heavy metals and arsenic concentrations, and grainsize. Sampling was undertaken by the then Northern Territory University, now Charles Darwin University, for the NT Government. This work contributed to baseline data prior to infrastructure development and dredging of the East Arm Port facility, with sampling effort concentrated in this area.,

Table of contents

Summary -- Introduction -- Background -- Objectives -- Methods -- Results and discussion -- Statistical analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 1-6,

Language

English,

Subject

Water Quality, Spatial distribution, Heavy metals, Correlation analysis, Sediment,

Publisher name

Northern Territory. Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts,

Place of publication

Darwin,

Series

14/2006,

Now known as

Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources,

Format

67 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps, tables ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf.,

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/294529,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/396272