Title Contaminated marine sediments : assessment and remediation / Committee on Contaminated Marine Sediments, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 493 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Executive summary. Findings and recommendations. Extent of contamination. National perspective on sediment quality / Christopher Zarba -- National status and trends program for marine environmental quality / Andrew Robertson and Thomas P. O'Connor. Classification of contaminated sediments. Use of apparent effects threshold approach (AET) in classifying contaminated sediments / Robert Barrick, Harry Beller, Scott Becker, and Thomas Ginn -- The use of sediment quality triad in classification of sediment contamination / Edward R. Long -- A review of the data supporting the equilibrium partitioning approach to establishing sediment quality criteria / Dominic M. Di Toro -- Marine sediment toxicity tests / Richard C. Swartz. Significance of contamination. Effects of contaminated sediments on benthic biota and communities / K. John Scott -- Sediment contamination and marine ecosystems: potential risks to human health / Donald C. Malins. Mobilization and resuspension. Predicting the dispersion and fate of contaminated marine sediments / Y. Peter Sheng -- Computer simulation of DDT distribution in Palos Verdes shelf sediments / Bruce E. Logan, Robert G. Arnold, and Alex Steele. Assessment and selection of remedial technologies. Management strategies for disposal of contaminated sediments / M.R. Palermo, C.R. Lee, and N.R. Francingues -- Alternatives for control/treatment of contaminated dredged material / M. John Cullinane, jr., Daniel E. Averett, Richard A. Shafer, James W. Male, Clifford L. Truitt, and Mark R. Bradbury -- Developments in equipment designed for handling of contaminated sediments / John B. Herbich -- Monitoring the effectiveness of capping for isolating contaminated sediments / Robert W. Morton -- Remedial technologies used at international joint commission areas of concern / Ian Orchard -- Economic considerations of managing contaminated marine sediments / Thomas A. Grigalunas and James J. Opaluch. Case studies. New Bedford Harbor Superfund Project / Allen J. Ikalainen and Douglas C. Allen -- Physical transport investigations at New Bedford, Massachusetts / Allen M. Teeter -- PCB pollution in the Upper Hudson River / John E. Sanders -- Contamination of the Hudson River: the sediment record / Richard F. Bopp and H. James Simpson -- Kapone and the James River / Robert J. Huggett -- Assessment of contaminated sediments in Commencement Bay (Puget Sound, Washington) / Thomas C. Ginn -- St. Paul Waterway Remedial Action and Habitat Restoration Project / Jerry K. Ficklin, Don E. Weitkamp, and Ken S. Weiner -- Dredging and disposal of contaminated marine sediment for the U.S. Navy Carrier Battlegroup Homeport Project, Everett, Washington / Edward Lukjanowicz, J. Richard Faris, Paul F. Fuglevand, and Gregory L. Hartman. Appendix A. Biographies of committee members -- Appendix B. Coastal states survey -- Appendix C. Workshop participants -- Appendix D. Agenda Notes Committee chairman: Kenneth S. Kamlet Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Program supported by the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior cooperative agreement no. 14-12-0001-30416 Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Marine sediments -- Sampling. Marine sediments -- Analysis Marine pollution -- Measurement Sedimentation and deposition. Waste disposal in the ocean. SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Oceanography. NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Oceans & Seas. Marine pollution -- Measurement Marine sediments -- Analysis Marine sediments -- Sampling Sedimentation and deposition Waste disposal in the ocean Meeressediment Meeresverschmutzung Sédiments marins -- Échantillonnage. Sédiments marins -- Analyse. Mer -- Pollution -- Mesure. Sédimentation (géologie) Déchets -- Élimination dans la mer. Form Electronic book Author Kamlet, Kenneth S., 1946- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Contaminated Marine Sediments. National Research Council (U.S.). Marine Board. National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems. ISBN 0585144095 9780585144092

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