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 Coring Site Data -    Town Lake
Town Lake - TWN - Station # 301474097430601
Austin, Texas - Austin, Texas
Constructed: 1959 Land Use: Urban integrator
Surface Area (km2): 0.73 Drainage Area (km2): 404
Sediment Thickness (cm): 110 Linear Sedimentation Rate (cm/yr): 2.7
Inflow: Colorado River NAWQA: Not in a NAWQA study unit
Core ID: TWN             Sampling Date: 8/26/1998
Latitude (dd mm ss): 30 14 44      Longitude (dd mm ss): 097 43 04
Corer Type: Piston               Water Depth (m): 8.7
Van Metre, P.C., Mahler, B.J., and Furlong, E.T. (2000) Urban sprawl leaves its PAH signature: Environ. Sci. Technol., v. 34, p. 4064-4070    view document
Van Metre, P.C. and Mahler, B.J.. (2000) Town Lake bottom sediments: A chronicle of water-quality changes in Austin, Texas, 1960-98: U.S. Geological Survey Factsheet FS-183-99, 6 p.    view document
 
     

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