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Title: Geochemistry of manganese, iron, uranium, lead-210 and major ions in the Susquehanna River

Abstract

The change in water composition accompanying a change in discharge of large streams and the Susquehanna River results from the change in the proportions of the total flow composed of type waters of constant composition. This change in the flow proportions is due to the different hydrologic responses to precipitation inputs of basins underlain by different single rock types. The in-river precipitation of mine-drainage-injected Mn and Fe was studied at a pH of approximately 7. For Mn the removal from solution appears to be first order. The rate constant is 10/sup 3/ times greater than the extrapolated autocatalytic rate constant of previous laboratory experiments. The study of the removal of Fe from solution yields a first order rate constant consistent with previous laboratory experiments. Lead-210 was used as a natural tracer to study the fate of trace metals.

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Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn. (USA). Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
OSTI Identifier:
7262010
Report Number(s):
COO-3573-15
TRN: 76-022228
DOE Contract Number:
E(11-1)-3573
Resource Type:
Technical Report
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Other Information: Thesis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; SURFACE WATERS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; GEOCHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; FLOODS; FLUID FLOW; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; IRON; LEAD 210; MANGANESE; METALS; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; TRACER TECHNIQUES; URANIUM; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHEMISTRY; DISASTERS; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; LEAD ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; STREAMS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; VARIATIONS; WATER; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 520200* - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 580400 - Geochemistry- (-1989)

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Lewis, D.M. Geochemistry of manganese, iron, uranium, lead-210 and major ions in the Susquehanna River. United States: N. p., 1976. Web. doi:10.2172/7262010.
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Lewis, D.M. Geochemistry of manganese, iron, uranium, lead-210 and major ions in the Susquehanna River. United States. doi:10.2172/7262010.
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title = {Geochemistry of manganese, iron, uranium, lead-210 and major ions in the Susquehanna River},
author = {Lewis, D.M.},
abstractNote = {The change in water composition accompanying a change in discharge of large streams and the Susquehanna River results from the change in the proportions of the total flow composed of type waters of constant composition. This change in the flow proportions is due to the different hydrologic responses to precipitation inputs of basins underlain by different single rock types. The in-river precipitation of mine-drainage-injected Mn and Fe was studied at a pH of approximately 7. For Mn the removal from solution appears to be first order. The rate constant is 10/sup 3/ times greater than the extrapolated autocatalytic rate constant of previous laboratory experiments. The study of the removal of Fe from solution yields a first order rate constant consistent with previous laboratory experiments. Lead-210 was used as a natural tracer to study the fate of trace metals.},
doi = {10.2172/7262010},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976}
}
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