Dispersal Pathways for Particle-Associated Pollutants
- 2 August 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 229 (4712) , 431-435
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.229.4712.431
Abstract
Particle-associated pollutants (totaling 107 metric tons per year) are introduced into the New York Bight by ocean dumping, estuarine discharge, sewage outfalls, eolian transport, and shipping waste and spillage. Oceanic and estuarine circulation processes dilute and transport the particles by a natural dispersal system that also tends to be highly distributive; particle-associated pollutants apparently seek the same sinks in the Hudson River shelf valley and intracoastal weltlands, regardless of their point of introduction.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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