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Physical and chemical characterization of dredged material influents and effluents in confined land disposal areas
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- by Ronald E. Hoeppel, Tommy E. Meyers, Robert M. Engler
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- English
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- Vicksburg, Miss. : Waterways Experiment Station ; Springfield, Va. : available from National Technical Information Service, 1978
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- 195, [117] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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- ocm04148870, ocm04148870
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- Prepared for Office, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., under DMRP Work Unit No. 2D01).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-195).
- Summary -- Preface -- List of figures -- Conversion factors, U.S. customary to metric (SI) units of measurement -- Part I: Introduction ; Background ; Dredged material composition and modes of dredging and disposal ; Previous confined disposal area studies ; Vegetation interactions ; Objectives of the study -- Part II: literature review ; Introduction ; Interactions of sediments with chemical constituents ; Sources of contaminants ; Biological activity ; Regulation of contaminant mobility ; Organic matter ; Chlorinated hydrocarbon transformations ; Petroleum hydrocarbons ; Sorption reactions by sediments ; Iron compounds in oxidized sediments ; Element scavenging by iron oxides ; Sulfide compounds in reduced sediments ; Carbonate complexes -- Interactions of chemical species in the water column ; Contaminant mobility at the sediment-water interface ; Manganese dilemma ; Ammonium and phosphate release ; Suspended solids interactions ; Colloid flocculation -- Part III: experimental methods ; Disposal area locations and descriptions ; Field sampling procedures ; Sample collection ; Field measurements ; Laboratory procedures ; Sample preparation ; Sample extraction, digestion, and analysis ; Geochemical phase partitioning analysis ; Particle size fractionation of effluent solids ; Standard elutriate test procedures ; Methods of data evaluation -- Part IV: results and discussion ; General characteristics of disposal areas ; Physical and chemical characteristics of influents, effluents and background water ; General trends ; Salinity, conductivity, temperature dissolved oxygen and pH ; Solids, particle size distribution, and cation exchange capacity ; Chlorinated pesticides and PCB's ; Sulfides and deposals area sediment Eh ; Organic carbon and oil and grease ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; Calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, chloride, and alkalinity ; Iron and Manganese ; Zinc and copper ; Cadmium and lead ; Nickel, vanadium, chromium, and titanium, Mercury and arsenic ; Geochemical phase partitioning of influent and effluent solids ; General information ; Total metals ; Exchangeable phase ;Carbonate phase ; Easily reducible phase ; Organic-sulfide phase and acid digests ; Summary ; Site specific studies ; Particle size fractionation of effluent solids- Seattle site ; Relation of dredged material texture and solids content to contaminant release -- Richmond site ; Disposal area vegetation -- dredged material -- interactions -- Southport site ; Assessment of the standard elutriate test for land containment areas- Seattle site -- Part V: Major findings and conclusions and recommendations ; Major finding and conclusions ; Influent and effluent characterizations ; Effluent and surface background water characterizations ; Recommendations -- References -- Tables 1-16 ; Photos 1-20 ; Appendix A: dredging logs -- Tables A1-A6 ; Appendix B: field and analytical laboratory data ; Tables B1-B19