Dispersal pathways for particle-associated pollutants
Young RA, Swift DJ, Clarke TL, Harvey GR, Betzer PR. 1985. Dispersal pathways for particle-associated pollutants. Science. 229(4712):431-435
Particle-associated pollutants (totaling 10^7 metric tons per year) are introduced into the New York Bight by ocean dumping, estuarine dishcharge, sewage outfalls, eolin 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 wetlands, regardless of their point of introduction.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Young, Robert; Swift, Donald; Clarke, Thomas; Harvey, George; Betzer, Peter
- Units
- GATE
- Keywords
- Atlantic Ocean, Continental Shelf, Eastern U.S., Environmental Geology, estuarine sedimentation, Geology, Hudson River, Marine Sediments, marine transport, Metals, New Jersey, New York, New York Bight, North American Atlantic, North Atlantic, ocean circulation, Oceanography, particles, Pollutants, Pollution, Raitan River, sea water, Sedimentation, Sediments, sinks, Sketch Map, Trace Elements, Trace Metals, Transport, Waste Disposal