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River Terek, Caspian Sea, Pollution. 2002-2004

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General  
Data holding centreState Oceanographic Institute
CountryRussian Federation  Russian Federation
Time period2002-2004
OngoingNo
Geographical area

Terek and Sulak rivers drainage area including estuarine regions

Observations 
Parameters

Other physical and chemical properties of suspended particulate material; Total metal concentrations in water bodies; Concentration of other hydrocarbons in the water column

Instruments

Discrete water samplers; colorimeters; atomic absorption spectrometers; bench particle sizers; in-situ particle sizers

Description 
Summary

The water pollution of Terek and Sulak Rivers by metals and petroleum hydrocarbons (infra-red spectroscopy) were studied in several expeditions in the rivers basin and estuaries in 2002-2004.

OriginatorsState Oceanographic Institute
Data web sitehttp://www.oceanography.ru
Availability 
OrganisationState Oceanographic Institute
AvailabilityBy negotiation
ContactKorshenko Alexander (Head of Marine Pollution Monitoring Laboratory)
Address

State Oceanographic Institute
Kropotkinsky Lane 6
Moscow

119034
Russian Federation

Telephone+7 (499) 246-55 87
Facsimile+7 (499) 246-72-88
Emailadm@oceanography.ru, korshenko@mail.ru
Administration 
Collating centreAll-Russia Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information, World Data Centre, National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC)
Local identifierCasp_05_Terek2002-2004
Global identifier5408
Last revised2011-03-25