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Heavy Metal data measured during a high rainfall event in Port Jackson, 20 August 2007.

Created 25/06/2017

Updated 11/08/2023

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The Sydney Harbour catchment area includes a number of different river systems which drain into the Port Jackson estuary. During high rainfall events the catchment areas behave differently to deliver contaminants into the Port Jackson estuary. Under conditions of high rainfall contaminants are delivered to areas very quickly as freshwater slides over the top of the denser more saline waters of the estuary. Samples were taken along the Port Jackson estuary over two days to determine the behaviour of the freshwater plume as it travels in a layer of freshwater to be flushed or flocculate out at some point in the estuary. Samples were analysed for Al, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn concentrations.

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Title Heavy Metal data measured during a high rainfall event in Port Jackson, 20 August 2007.
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b141cce2-c33f-4632-80cc-871fc2d8dcc8
Contact Point
University of Sydney
gavin.birch@sydney.edu.au
Reference Period 25/06/2017
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