Publications
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Distribution of surficial sediment in Long Island Sound and adjacent waters: Texture and total organic carbon
The surficial sediment distribution within Long Island Sound has been mapped and described using bottom samples, photography, and sidescan sonar, combined with information from the geologic literature. The distributions of sediment type and total organic carbon (TOC) reveal several broad trends that are largely related to the sea-floor geology, the bathymetry, and the effects of modern tidal- and
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L. J. Poppe, H. J. Knebel, Z.J. Mlodzinska, M. E. Hastings, B. A. Seekins
Clostridium perfringens in Long Island Sound sediments: An urban sedimentary record
Clostridium perfringens is a conservative tracer and an indicator of sewage-derived pollution in the marine environment. The distribution of Clostridium perfringens spores was measured in sediments from Long Island Sound, USA, as part of a regional study designed to: (1) map the distribution of contaminated sediments; (2) determine transport and dispersal paths; (3) identify the locations of sedim
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Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink, E.L. Mecray, E.L. Galvin
Pesticides in surface water in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River basins, 1992-95
No abstract available.
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Marc James Zimmerman
Simulation of freshwater-saltwater interfaces in the Brooklyn-Queens aquifer system, Long Island, New York
The seaward limit of the fresh ground-water system underlying Kings and Queens Counties on Long Island, N.Y., is at the freshwater-saltwater transition zone. This zone has been conceptualized in transient-state, three-dimensional models of the aquifer system as a sharp interface between freshwater and saltwater, and represented as a stationary, zero lateral-flow boundary. In this study, a pair of
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Angelo L. Kontis
Simulation of ground-water flow and pumpage in Kings and Queens Counties, Long Island, New York
The potential effects of using ground water as a supplemental source of supply in Kings and Queens Counties were evaluated through a 4-layer finite-difference ground-water-flow model with a uniform grid spacing of 1,333 feet. Hydraulic properties and boundary conditions of an existing regional ground-water-flow model of Long Island with a uniform grid spacing of 4,000 feet were refined for use in
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Paul E. Misut, Jack Monti
Water quality in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River basins, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, 1992-95
No abstract available.
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Stephen P. Garabedian, J.F. Coles, S. J. Grady, E.C.T. Trench, M.J. Zimmerman
Water-table and potentiometric-surface altitudes of the upper glacial, Magothy, and Lloyd aquifers on Long Island, New York, in March-April 1997, with a summary of hydrogeologic conditions
No abstract available.
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Ronald Busciolano, Jack Monti, Anthony Chu
Suspended-sediment loads and yields in the Salmon and Coginchaug River Basins, central Connecticut
No abstract available.
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Jonathan Morrison
Surface-water quality information in Connecticut : answering key scientific and management questions
No abstract available.
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Elaine C. Todd Trench, Steven S. Kiesman
Trends in nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in southern New England streams, 1974-92
No abstract available.
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Marc James Zimmerman
Water resources data, New York, water year 1996; Volume 2. Long Island
No abstract available.
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A. G. Spinello, R.J. Busciolano, R.B. Winowitch, V. K. Eagen
Physical processes affecting the sedimentary environments of Long Island Sound
A modeling study was undertaken to simulate the bottom tidal-, wave-, and wind-driven currents in Long Island Sound in order to provide a general physical oceanographic framework for understanding the characteristics and distribution of seafloor sedimentary environments. Tidal currents are important in the funnel-shaped eastern part of the Sound, where a strong gradient of tidal-current speed was
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R. P. Signell, H. J. Knebel, J. H. List, A.S. Farris