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Chemical and physical data for sediment source fingerprinting of suspended and bottom sediment in Black Creek, Indiana, tributary to the Maumee River and western Lake Erie - Fluvial-target samples

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2017-08-15
End Date
2018-09-30

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Williamson, T.N, Hardebeck, M.J, and Martin, G.R, 2020, Chemical and physical data for sediment source fingerprinting of suspended and bottom sediment in Black Creek, Indiana, tributary to the Maumee River and western Lake Erie - Fluvial-target samples: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9EOEFOL.

Summary

This data release includes physical and chemical data for samples from fluvial targets (streambed and suspended sediment) from three sampling sites in the Black Creek basin, Indiana. Data include total nitrogen and carbon concentrations, carbon species, total concentrations for 42 metals, and particle-size analysis. Fluvial-target samples include both soft, streambed sediment and streamflow-integrated, monthly, suspended-sediment samples for water year 2018. These data are used for source attribution in order to quantify the proportional contribution of individual sources to suspended sediment in the basin [Williamson et al. in revision].

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The study was designed to identify the proportional contribution of different land-use types to suspended sediment and soft, streambed sediment and to characterize how sediment source of suspended sediment varied during the year. This information will enable resource managers to improve how different land uses are managed in order to decrease delivery of sediment and the nutrients that travel with this sediment to streams. Ultimately, a decrease in sediment and nutrient concentrations in the stream will decrease what is delivered to the Maumee River and western Lake Erie, preventing the conditions that lead to harmful algal blooms.

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  • Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center
  • USGS Data Release Products

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