CITATION AUTHORS "Buchholtz ten Brink, M.R., Manheim, F.T., Mecray, E.L. , Hastings, M.E., and Currence, J.M., along with Farrington, J.W., Fredette, T.J., Jones, S.H., Liebman, M.L., Larsen, P.F., Smith Leo, W., Tripp, B.W., Wallace, Jr., G.T., and Ward, L.G." TITLE "Contaminated sediments database for the Gulf of Maine, U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report No. 02-403." YEAR 2002 ONLINE http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-403/. GULF OF MAINE CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS DATABASE (OFR 02-403) TABLE OF INORGANIC DATA USGS Row # 1 2 32 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 Full Length Field Name Local Row or ID Number Unique Sample Identifier (US#) Source of Information or Reference Inorganics Testing Lab Laboratory's sample ID number Laboratory's JOB number Analytical technique Analytical comments1 (metals) Analytical comments2 (other inorganics) Replicate no ___ of n (metals) Total replicates n (metals) Testing Date Test month Test day Test year Ag (silver) µg/g Ag qualifier Ag det. lim. Al (aluminum) µg/g Al qualifier Al det. lim. Al original units "Al value in original units, if not µg/g " As (arsenic) µg/g As qualifier As det. lim. Au (gold) µg/g Au qualifier Au det. lim. B (Boron) µg/g B qualifier B det. lim. Ba (barium) µg/g Ba qualifier Ba det. lim. Ba original units Ba value in original units Be (beryllium) µg/g Be qualifier Be det. lim. Ca (calcium) µg/g Ca qualifier Ca det. lim. Ca original units "Ca value in original units, if not µg/g " Cd (cadmium) µg/g Cd qualifier Cd det. lim. Cl (chloride) µg/g Cl qualifier Cl det. lim. Cl original units "Cl value in original units, if not µg/g " Co (cobalt) µg/g Co qualifier Co det. lim. Cr (chromium) µg/g Cr qualifier Cr det. lim. Cu (copper) µg/g Cu qualifier Cu det. lim. Fe (iron) µg/g Fe qualifier Fe det. lim. Fe original units "Fe value in original units, if not µg/g " Hg (mercury) µg/g Hg qualifier Hg det. lim. Hg original units Hg value in original units K (potassium) µg/g K qualifier K det. lim. K original units "K value in original units, if not µg/g " Li (Lithium) µg/g Li qualifier Li det. lim. Mg (magnesium) µg/g Mg qualifier Mg det. lim. Mg original units "Mg value in original units, if not µg/g " Mn (manganese) µg/g Mn qualifier Mn det. lim. Mn original units "Mn value in original units, if not µg/g " Mo (molybdenum) µg/g Mo qualifier Mo det. lim. Na (sodium) µg/g Na qualifier Na det. lim. Na original units "Na value in original units, if not µg/g " Ni (nickel) µg/g Ni qualifier Ni det. lim. P (phosphorus) µg/g P qualifier P det. lim. P original units "P value in original units, if not µg/g " Pb (lead ) µg/g Pb qualifier Pb det. lim. Ra (radium) µg/g Ra qualifier Ra det. lim. Sb (antimony) µg/g Sb qualifier Sb det. lim. Se (selenium) µg/g Se qualifier Se det. lim. Si (silicon) µg/g Si qualifier Si det. lim. Si original units "Si value in original units, if not µg/g " Sn (tin) µg/g Sn qualifier Sn det. lim. Ti (titanium) µg/g Ti qualifier Ti det. lim. Ti original units "Ti value in original units, if not µg/g " Tl (Thallium) µg/g Tl qualifier Tl det. lim. Th (thorium) µg/g Th qualifier Th det. lim. U (uranium) µg/g U qualifier U det. lim. V (vanadium) µg/g V qualifier V det. lim. Zn (zinc) µg/g Zn qualifier Zn det. lim. Carbon (inorganic) (%C/dry wt sed.) Carbon (inorganic) qualifier Carbon (inorganic) det. lim. Carbon (inorganic) original units "Carbon (inorganic) value in original units, if not %C/dry wt. sed." Carbon (organic) (%C/dry wt sed.) Carbon (organic) qualifier Carbon (organic) det. lim. Carbon (organic) original units Carbon (organic) value in original units Carbon (Total) (%C/dry wt sed.) Carbon (Total) qualifier Carbon (total) det. lim. Carbon (total) original units Carbon (total) value in original units Volatilization (% wt. loss) Volatilization qualifier Hydrogen % Nitrogen % Nitrogen qualifier Nitrogen original units (if not in %N) Nitrogen original value (if not in %totalN) Ammonia (NH3) moles/kg NH3 qualifier Nitrate (NO3) moles/kg NO3 qualifier Nitrite (NO2) moles/kg NO2 qualifier Oxygen (O2) moles/kg O2 qualifier Sulfide (SO2) moles/kg SO2 qualifier Sulfite (SO3) moles/kg SO3 qualifier Sulfate (SO4) moles/kg SO4 qualifier Acid Volatile Sulfides (AVS) mole-S/g AVS qualifier Chem Oxygen Demand (COD) µg/g COD qualifier Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) moles/kg CEC qualifier Surface area m2/g Surface area qualifier Total sample weight g Total sample weight qualifier Total Solids weight% Total Solids qualifier Water weight% "Porosity, volume %" Water qualifier Resistivity mohms Specific Conductance mmhos Specific Conductance or Resistivity qualifier Salinity parts per thousand Salinity qualifier Alkalinity milliequivalents/kg Alkalinity qualifier pH Temperature _C Temperature qualifier Total Radioactivity mR/hr Gross alpha radioactivity pCi/g Gross beta radioactivity pCi/g Bulk Radioactivity qualifier Pb210 dpm/g Pb210 qualifier Th228 dpm/g Th228 qualifier Th234 dpm/g Th234 qualifier Ra226 dpm/g Ra226 qualifier Th230 dpm/g Th230 qualifier Cs137 dpm/g Cs137 qualifier "Pu239,240 dpm/g" "Pu239,240 qualifier" Sr90 dpm/g Sr90 qualifier Carbon 14 %-Delta-14C Carbon 14 qualifier Carbon 13 %-delta-13C Carbon 13 qualifier Other radioactivity dpm/g Other Radioactivity qualifier Short Field Name LOCAL_ID UNIQUE_ID SRCE_OR_RF LAB_INORG LAB_ID_NO LAB_JOB ANAL_TECH COMMENT1 COMMENT2 REPL_NO TOT_REPL TEST_DATE TEST_MO TEST_DAY TEST_YR AG_UG_G AG_Q AG_DL AL_UG_G AL_Q AL_DL AL_OU AL_VALUE AS_UG_G AS_Q AS_DL AU_UG_G AU_Q AU_DL B_UG_G B_Q B_DL BA_UG_G BA_Q BA_DL BA_OU BA_VALUE BE_UG_G BE_Q BE_DL CA_UG_G CA_Q CA_DL CA_OU CA_VALUE CD_UG_G CD_Q CD_DL CL_UG_G CL_Q CL_DL CL_OU CL_VALUE CO_UG_G CO_Q CO_DL CR_UG_G CR_Q CR_DL CU_UG_G CU_Q CU_DL FE_UG_G FE_Q FE_DL FE_OU FE_VALUE HG_UG_G HG_Q HG_DL HG_OU HG_VALUE K_UG_G K_Q K_DL K_OU K_VALUE LI_UG_G LI_Q LI_DL MG_UG_G MG_Q MG_DL MG_OU MG_VALUE MN_UG_G MN_Q MN_DL MN_OU MN_VALUE MO_UG_G MO_Q MO_DL NA_UG_G NA_Q NA_DL NA_OU NA_VALUE NI_UG_G NI_Q NI_DL P_UG_G P_Q P_DL P_OU P_VALUE PB_UG_G PB_Q PB_DL RA_UG_G RA_Q RA_DL SB_UG_G SB_Q SB_DL SE_UG_G SE_Q SE_DL SI_UG_G SI_Q SI_DL SI_OU SI_VALUE SN_UG_G SN_Q SN_DL TI_UG_G TI_Q TI_DL TI_OU TI_VALUE TL_UG_G TL_Q TL_DL TH_UG_G TH_Q TH_DL U_UG_G U_Q U_DL V_UG_G V_Q V_DL ZN_UG_G ZN_Q ZN_DL C_INOR_PCT C_INOR_Q C_INOR_DL C_INOR_OU C_INOR_VAL C_ORG_PCT C_ORG_Q C_ORG_DL C_ORG_OU C_ORG_VAL C_TOT_PCT C_TOT_Q C_TOT_DL C_TOT_OU C_TOT_VAL VOLAT_PCT VOLAT_Q HYDROG_PCT NITROG_PCT N_Q N_OU N_VALUE NH3_MOL_KG NH3_Q NO3_MOL_KG NO3_Q NO2_MOL_KG NO2_Q O2_MOL_KG O2_Q SO2_MOL_KG SO2_Q SO3_MOL_KG SO3_Q SO4_MOL_KG SO4_Q AVS_MOL_G AVS_Q COD_UG_G COD_Q CEC_MOL_KG CEC_Q SURF_M2_G SURF_AR_Q TOTSAMP_G TOTSAMP_Q TSOL_WTPCT TOTSOL_Q WATER_WPCT POROS_VPCT WATER_Q R_MOHMS SP_C_MOHMS SPC_OR_R_Q SALIN_PPT SALIN_Q ALK_MEQ_KG ALK_Q PH TEMP_C TEMP_Q TOTR_MR_HR ALPHA_PC_G BETA_PC_G BULK_RAD_Q PB210_D_G PB210_Q TH228_D_G TH228_Q TH234_D_G TH234_Q RA226_D_G RA226_Q TH230_D_G TH230_Q CS137_D_G CS137_Q PU239_D_G PU239_Q SR90_D_G SR90_Q C14_DEL C14_Q C13_DEL C13_Q O_RAD_D_G O_RAD_D_G 732 US00001 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" 1 1 0 10X all others reported). 1 1 0 "10X all others reported). Zn of 86250 is hig" 1 1 8 LYCO 485 "c: sample is atypical for sediments: very high Cd, Zn, Pb, Hg" 2.4 250 1960 "c: sample is atypical for sediments: very high Cd, Zn, Pb, Hg. Hg in upper 0.01% for values in database." 36 1100 "c: sample is atypical for sediments: very high Cd, Zn, Pb, Hg" 100 86250 "c: sample is atypical for sediments: very high Cd, Zn, Pb, Hg. Zn is unreasonably high (8x> all data)" 736 US00005 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" SAMPLE A 1 1 737 US00006 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" LYCO SAMPLE B c:Hg in upper 0.01% for values in database (5 samples in ref. are >10X all others reported). 1 1 3 LYCO 22.5 1.9 260 3160 c: Hg in upper 0.01% for values in datbase 47 400 205 29.5 738 US00007 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" SAMPLE C 1 1 739 US00008 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" LYCO SAMPLE D "c: sample is atypical for sediments: very high Zn, Pb, Hg & very low Cr. Hg in upper 0.01% for values in database (5 samples in ref. are >10X all others reported)." 1 1 1.3 LYCO 0.5 0.83 "c: sample is atypical for sediments: very high Zn, Pb, Hg & very low Cr." 80 5760 "c: sample is atypical for sediments: very high Zn, Pb, Hg & very low Cr. Hg in upper 0.01% for values in database" 35.5 1200 "c: sample is atypical for sediments: very high Zn, Pb, Hg & very low Cr." 32.5 465 "c: sample is atypical for sediments: very high Zn, Pb, Hg & very low Cr." 740 US00009 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" LYCO SAMPLE E Database comment: sample is atypical for sediments: both very low and very high values for elements. Sample is from Boston Inner Harbor. Hg in upper 0.01% for values in database (5 samples in ref. are >10X all others reported) 1 1 1.1 LYCO 75 c: sample is atypical for sediments: both very low and very high values for elements. 1.4 47 1140 c: Hg in upper 0.01% for values in database. 16.5 450 22.5 175 741 US00010 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" C 1 1 742 US00011 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" B 1 1 743 US00012 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" 1 1 1.6 7 170 137 1.3 27 191 49 166 744 US00013 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" 1 1 1.1 11 343 228 1.7 42 266 90 259 745 US00014 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" 1 1 22 8.8 255 208 1.5 38 220 65 202 746 US00015-1 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" 1 1 3 24 0.26 33.95 72.75 747 US00015-2 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" 2 2 3 20 0.94 73.99 191.2 748 US00015-3 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" 3 3 3 0.47 30.14 104.7 749 US00016 "Metcalf & Eddy, 1984, Original source unknown" 1 1 0.35 14 25 0