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How tropical cyclone flooding caused erosion and dispersal of mercury-contaminated sediment in an urban estuary: The impact of Hurricane Harvey on Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto Estuary, Galveston Bay, USA

Hurricane Harvey (Harvey), a slow-moving storm, struck the Texas coast as a category 4 hurricane. Over the course of 53 days, the floodwaters of Harvey delivered 14 × 10(9)m(3) of freshwater to Galveston Bay. This resulted in record flooding of Houston bayous and waterways, all of which drained into...

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Autores principales: Dellapenna, Timothy M., Hoelscher, Christena, Hill, Lisa, Al Mukaimi, Mohammad E., Knap, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7606715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32818899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141226