A quantitative and qualitative survey of benthal deposits contained in the Houston Ship Channel.

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dc.call-noGC383.5.H87 1970 GBAYen_US
dc.contributor.authorHutton, W.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHann, R.W., Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSmith, R.H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-11T15:56:29Z
dc.date.available2024-11-11T15:56:29Z
dc.date.issued1970
dc.description179 p.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe pollutional significance of benthal deposits contained in the Houston Ship Channel is defined through the use of data resulting from a comprehensive field and records research effort. The estuary is lined with a multitude of petro-chemical, domestic, and miscellaneous industrial waste outfalls. Its bottoms serve as a trap for non-biodegradable matter received from these waste sources and urban runoff. As a part of the field effort, unique techniques are developed whereby sludge cores are extracted, preserved, and analyzed with regard to biochemical oxygen demand, volatile solids, chemical oxygen demand, and oil and grease content. In conjunction with the qualitative study, Corps of Engineers' dredging contracts, outfall effluent records and urban runoff records from various state and local agencies are used to quantify the amount of material deposited in the channel over the past 10 years. These qualitative and quantitative values are employed in a mass balance of the entire channel and its side bays providing a comprehensive evaluation of the channel's benthal deposits.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeHouston Ship Channelen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19801
dc.locationGBIC Collectionen_US
dc.placeCollege Station, Texasen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University, Environmental Engineering Division, Civil Engineering Department, and Research Foundationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2038.00en_US
dc.seriesEstuarine Systems Proj. Tech. Rep. No. 8en_US
dc.subjectbenthic environmenten_US
dc.subjectchannelsen_US
dc.subjectnavigational channelsen_US
dc.subjectsediment pollutionen_US
dc.subjectoutfallsen_US
dc.subjectsludgeen_US
dc.titleA quantitative and qualitative survey of benthal deposits contained in the Houston Ship Channel.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US

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