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Chemical analyses from two short cores in Lake Monona show that pronounced changes in chemical stratigraphy have occurred since white man moved into Madison and southern Wisconsin and began modifying the area. Since the mid to late 1800's, there has been an appreciable increase in P, Fe, Mn, Al, and K in the uppermost sediments. Maximum concentrations of P were observed near the turn of the century and in the most recent sediment layers.
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Lake Monona is a hard-water eutrophic lake formed by morainic damming of the preglacial Yahara River near Madison, Wisconsin (Twenhofel, 1933). The Lake currently receives drainage from agricultural lands, urban runoff, and until 2 yr ago, small amounts of municipal and industrial waste effluents contained in entering streams.
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Bortleson, G.C., Lee, G.F. Recent sedimentary history of Lake Monona, Wisconsin. Water Air Soil Pollut 4, 89–98 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01794132
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