Document Type

Report

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

1993

Abstract

The estuarine systems selected are from the NOAA National Estuarine Inventory in the EMAP Virginian Province (Figure 1). The principal spatial unit of each system is the estuarine drainage area (EDA) defined in the NEI data atlas (U.S. NOAA, 1985). The sediment and contaminant distributions embrace the estuarine bottom area, i.e. from the head of tides to the mouth where the estuary meets the ocean, bay or sound as determined by physiographic features (U.S. NOAA, 1985). Data coverage embraces whole estuaries and farfield distributions. Chart scales are smaller than 1:80,000 andchart units larger thaqn 0.1 square kilometer.

Keywords

Estuarine sediments -- South Atlantic States, Estuarine sediments -- Environmental aspects -- South Atlantic States

Publication Statement

National Estuarine Inventory: Supplement.

Included in

Sedimentology Commons

COinS