TABLE 1 



Trace metal concentrations, ppm dry weight, 

 for surficiai sediments (0-2 cm). 



A. Trace metal concentrations in sediments from the Bering Sea. 



B. Trace metal concentrations in sediment from the Gulf of Anadyr. 



C. Trace metal concentrations in sediment from the Chukchi Sea. 



Station 



No. 



Depth 

 (meters) 



Pb 



Cu 



Mn 



Co 



Cd 



Hg 



As 



45 

 47 

 50 

 55 

 59 

 61 

 64 

 67 

 69 



45 

 49 

 48 

 46 

 38 

 49 

 45 

 35 

 41 



Comparison of the average values of trace metals in sediment obtained during the 1988 Joint US-USSR Expedition 

 to other values of trace metals in surficiai sediments from different parts of the world. 



'NA - Not analyzed. 



"Data from the Second Joint US-USSR Expedition to the 



Bering Sea, Summer 1984 (Iricanin & Trefry, 1991). 



•"Data obtained from Szefer er al. 1988. 

 "Data obtained from Kouadio ei uL, 1987. 



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