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Sedimentology and chemistry of bay bottom sediments from four sites around Gaillard Island, Mobile Bay (1980-1982)

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Sediment samples were collected by Peterson grab from four sites around Gaillard Island, quarterly in 1980 and monthly in 1981-1982, and analyzed for particle size characteristics, total organic carbon, and total reducing substances.

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Author Mimi Tzeng
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2018-02-02
ISO.author Dr. George F. Crozier
ISO.author.1 Dr. Thomas S. Hopkins
ISO.custodian Lei Hu <lhu@disl.org>
ISO.pointOfContact Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.publisher Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium
ISO.publisher.1 Dauphin Island Sea Lab
ISO.resourceProvider Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
Place Keywords Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Gaillard Island, Pelican Island, Theodore ship channel, Mobile Bay, Alabama
Temporal Begin 1980-04-11
Temporal End 1982-08-25
Theme Keywords benthic sediments, estuarine sediments, total organic carbon, total reducing substances, sediment particle size distribution characteristics, grain size, soft-bottom, sedimentology, sediment quality, sediment chemistry
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Mobile District is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, QA/QC procedures, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
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