Organic contaminants in sediments from the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River, Michigan

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988 · Journal of Great Lakes Research; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0380-1330(88)71581-6· OSTI ID:5163911

Furlong, E T; Carter, D S; Hites, R A ^[1]

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1. Indiana Univ., Bloomington (USA)

Anthropogenic organic contaminants in sediments from the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River, a highly industrialized waterway connecting Lake St. Clair with Lake Erie, were identified and quantified. The four major classes of organic contaminants identified were polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCN), and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT). Distributions of total PAH, the homologues of PCB and PCN, and total PCT were measured in 33 sediment samples. Concentration range maps revealed one region of relatively low contaminant concentration (southwest shore of Grosse Ile) and one area of high contaminant concentration in the vicinity of Monguagon Creek, located on the northwestern side of the Trenton Channel. Closer examination of total compound class and homologue concentration distributions suggests a hierarchical ordering of contaminant distribution similarity. Total PCT and PCN concentration distributions are most similar to one another, suggesting a common source in the vicinity of the Monguagon Creek mouth. PAH and PCB distributions are less similar to each other and to total PCT and PCN distributions, suggesting different sources of these compound classes.

• OSTI ID: 5163911
• Journal Information: Journal of Great Lakes Research; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Great Lakes Research; (USA) Vol. 14:4; ISSN 0380-1330; ISSN JGLRD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
DETROIT RIVER
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBONS
MONITORING
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
RIVERS
SEDIMENTS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
WATER POLLUTION