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Records of Lead and Other Heavy Metal Inputs to Sediments of the Ala Wai Canal, Oahu, HI

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 1998-01-21T00:00:00.000+00:00
Four cores are given: G8, G8B, M21, and M3. For each core, a printable table file (*.PRN) and a spreadsheet (*.WK3) are provided. The file names reflect the sediment core ID. Documentation of techiques and context are provided in the bibliographic reference: De Carlo, Eric H. and Khalil J. Spencer, 1995, Records of Lead and Other Heavy Metal Inputs to Sediments of the Ala Wai Canal, O'ahu, Hawai'i, Pacific Science vol. 49, no. 4, p. 571-491.Project: Records of Lead and Other Heavy Metal Inputs to Sediments of the Ala Wai Canal, Oahu, HawaiiFunding: NSF (PI: P.Fryer, Young Scholars Program) and NOAA-UH Sea Grant College Program under institutional grant NA89AA-D-SG063 project R/ME-1PD to G.M.McMurty and E.H. DeCarloFiles in the data set:Tab-delimited Version Spreadsheet Version Core Date Longitude LatitudeG8BTAB.PRN G8BTAB.WK3 core G8B July 1992 157 49' 20'' W 21 16' 49'' NG8TAB.PRN G8TAB.WK3 core G8 July 1991 157 49' 20'' W 21 16' 49'' NM21TAB.PRN M21TAB.WK3 core M21 July 1991 157 49' 37'' W 21 17' 06'' NM3TAB.PRN M3.WK3 core M3 July 1991 157 50' 18'' W 21 17' 29'' N The data were sent to NCEI by Dr. Eric DeCarlo for distribution.

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issued 1998-01-21T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 1991-07-01T00:00:00+00:00/1992-07-31T00:00:00+00:00
title Records of Lead and Other Heavy Metal Inputs to Sediments of the Ala Wai Canal, Oahu, HI

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