| Abstract: | As part of a study of recent history of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, one- to eight- meter long sediment cores were obtained from the mesohaline section of the Chesapeake Bay between the mouths of the Potomac and Rhode Rivers. The sediments consist of three lithofacies: coarse-grained channel deposits, restricted-estuary sands and muds, and open-estuary muds. Water content, biogenic silica, magnetic susceptibility, trace metals, and nutrients (carbon, nitrogen, and their isotopes) were measured in the cores. Biogenic silica, trace-metal, and nutrient data provide a strong basis for discussing past primary productivity and water-column anoxia in the bay. |
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| ProdID: | 31298 |
| Citation Author: | Baucom, P. C.; Bratton, J. F.; Colman, S. M.; Moore, J. M.; King, John; Seal, Chip; Seal, R. R., II |
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| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2001-194 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Selected data for sediment cores collected in Chesapeake Bay in 1996 and 1998; 2001; OFR; 2001-194; Baucom, P. C.; Bratton, J. F.; Colman, S. M.; Moore, J. M.; King, John; Seal, Chip; Seal, R. R., II |
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| Text: | Selected data for sediment cores collected in Chesapeake Bay in 1996 and 1998; 2001; OFR; 2001-194; Baucom, P. C.; Bratton, J. F.; Colman, S. M.; Moore, J. M.; King, John; Seal, Chip; Seal, R. R., II |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Sep 2001 00:00 -0500 |
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