Preliminary mass balance calculations for cadmium in southern Lake Michigan

Technical Report · Mon Jan 15 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/8505456· OSTI ID:8505456

Muhlbeier, J.; Tisue, T.

Although present concentrations of cadmium in the waters and sediments are very small, it is important to know whether the concentrations are likely to increase, and if so, at what rate. The approach taken was to compare the sum of input rates from the major sources to the sum of removal rates to the major sinks. Sources considered were rain and snow, dry deposition from the atmosphere, shore erosion, tributaries, and runoff from the land; as sinks, natural outflow sedimentation. Results indicate that Cd is being added to Lake Michigan two or three times faster than it being removed.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 8505456
• Report Number(s): ANL-78-65(Pt.3)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOLS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CADMIUM
COLLOIDS
DEPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EROSION
FRESH WATER
GREAT LAKES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAKE MICHIGAN
LAKES
MASS BALANCE
MASS TRANSFER
METALS
MONITORING
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
RAIN WATER
RUNOFF
SEDIMENTS
SINKS
SNOW
SOLS
SURFACE WATERS
WATER
WATER POLLUTION