Sedimentation and Occurrence and Trends of Selected Nutrients, Other Chemical Constituents, and Diatoms in Bottom Sediment, Fall River Lake, Southeast Kansas, 1948- 2006

摘要

A 2-year study by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, was begun in 2006 to investigate sedimentation in, and the occurrence of selected chemical constituents and diatoms in bottom sediment of, Fall River Lake, southeast Kansas, for 1948 through 2006. The study used a combination of available bathymetric-survey information and bottom-sediment coring completed in 2006.