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 Coring Site Data -    White Rock Lake
White Rock Lake - WRL - Station # 324933096432501
Dallas, Texas - Dallas, Texas
Constructed: 1912 Land Use: Suburban residential and commercial
Surface Area (km2): 4.4 Drainage Area (km2): 259
Sediment Thickness (cm): 145 Linear Sedimentation Rate (cm/yr): 1.7
Inflow: White Rock Creek NAWQA: Trinity River Basin
Core ID: WRL(1)             Sampling Date: 7/6/1994
Latitude (dd mm ss): 32 49 20      Longitude (dd mm ss): 096 43 15
Corer Type: Gravity               Water Depth (m): 4.6
Core ID: WRL(4)             Sampling Date: 7/6/1994
Latitude (dd mm ss): 32 49 20      Longitude (dd mm ss): 096 43 15
Corer Type: Gravity               Water Depth (m): 4.6
Core ID: WRL(BOX)             Sampling Date: 7/6/1994
Latitude (dd mm ss): 32 49 20      Longitude (dd mm ss): 096 43 15
Corer Type: Box               Water Depth (m): 4.6
Core ID: WRL2.2             Sampling Date: 6/11/1996
Latitude (dd mm ss): 32 49 20      Longitude (dd mm ss): 096 43 15
Corer Type: Gravity               Water Depth (m): 4.9
Core ID: WRL2.3             Sampling Date: 6/11/1996
Latitude (dd mm ss): 32 49 20      Longitude (dd mm ss): 096 43 15
Corer Type: Gravity               Water Depth (m): 4.9
Core ID: WRL2.B2             Sampling Date: 6/11/1996
Latitude (dd mm ss): 32 49 20      Longitude (dd mm ss): 096 43 15
Corer Type: Box               Water Depth (m): 4.9
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., Land, L.F., and Braun, C.L. (1996) Water-quality trends using sediment cores from White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Factsheet FS-217-96, 4 p.    view document
Callender, E. and Van Metre, P.C. (1997) Reservoir sediment cores show U.S. lead declines: Environ. Sci. Technol., v. 31, p. 424A-428A    view document
Van Metre, P.C., Wilson, J.T., Callender, E., and Fuller, C.C. (1998) Similar rates of decrease of persistent, hydrophobic and particle-reactive contaminants in riverine systems: Environ. Sci. Technol., v. 32, p. 3312-3317    view document
Van Metre, P.C., Callender, E., and Fuller, C.C. (1997) Historical trends in organochlorine compounds in river basins identified using sediment cores from reservoirs: Environ. Sci. Technol., v. 31, p. 2339-2344    view document
Bradbury, J.P. and Van Metre, P.C. (1997) A land-use and water-quality history of White Rock Lake reservoir, Dallas, Texas, based on paleolimnological analyses: J. Paleolimn., v. 17, p. 227-237    view document
Van Metre, P.C. and Callender, E.C. (1997) Water-quality trends in White Rock Creek Basin from 1912-1994 identified using sediment cores from White Rock Lake reservoir, Dallas, Texas: J. Paleolimn., v. 17, p. 239-249    view document
 
     

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