Chesapeake Bay Radioactive Tracer Study.
Abstract
A radioactive tracer study was conducted in the Chesapeake Bay near the Pooles Island Deep disposal area to obtain qualitative information concerning movement of dredged material placed in the area. Approximately 15 curies of gold198 was mixed with a sediment sample and placed on the bottom of the Bay. Daily tracings of the labeled sediment revealed movement along a narrow band in the general direction of the tidal currents. Movement in the direction of flood flow was flow was determined to be much greater than that in the direction of ebb flow.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA020539
Entities
People
- Allen R. Tool