Contaminant transport and accumulation in Massachusetts Bay and Boston Harbor: a summary of U.S. Geological Survey studies
Butman B, Bothner MH, Hathaway JC, Jenter HL, Knebel HJ, Manheim FT, Signell RP. 1992. Contaminant transport and accumulation in Massachusetts Bay and Boston Harbor: a summary of U.S. Geological Survey studies. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-202. United States Geological Survey. Woods Hole, MA
The US. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting studies in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, and Cape Cod Bay designed to define the geologic framework of the region and to understand the transport and accumulation of contaminated sediments. The region is being studied because of environmental problems caused by the introduction of wastes for a long time,because a new ocean outf'all (to begin operation in 1995) will change the location for disposal of treated Boston sewage from Boston Harbor into Massachusetts Bay, and because of the need to understand the transport of sediments and associated contaminants in order to address a wide range of management questions. The USGS effort complements and is closely coordinated with the research and monitoring studies supported by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust, the Massachusetts Bays Program, and by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. The USGS study includes (1) geologic mapping, (2) circulation studies, (3) long-tern current and sediment transport observations, (4) measurements of contaminant inventories and rates of sediment mixing and accumulation, (5) circulation modeling, (6) development of a contaminated sediments data base, and (7) information exchange. A long-term objective of the program is to develop a predictive capability for sediment transport and accumulation.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Butman, Bradford; Bothner, Michael; Hathaway, John; Jenter, Harry; Knebel, Harley; Manheim, Frank; Signell, Richard
- Date of Issue
- 1992
- Publisher
- United States Geological Survey
- Units
- BOHA
- Keywords
- Boston Harbor, Cape Cod Bay, Circulation (Water), Geochemistry, Geology, Massachusetts Bay, Monitoring, Sediment, Sediment Transport