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Volatile Organic Compound Data from Three Karst Springs in Middle Tennessee, February 2000 to May 2001

U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 03-355
by Shannon D. Williams and James J. Farmer


Table of Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

Study Sites

Methods

Discharge and Rainfall Measurement

Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring

Portable Gas Chromatograph Analyses

Summary of Method

Apparatus and Instrumentation

Reagents and Consumable Materials

Sample Analysis

Preparation of Standards and Controls

Calculation and Reporting of Results

Quality-Control Procedures

Volatile Organic Compound Sample Collection

Summary of Method

Apparatus and Instrumentation

Sample Collection

Quality-Control Procedures

Quality-Control Data

External Laboratory Replicates

Laboratory Split Replicates

Field-Matrix Spikes

Concurrent Replicates

Sampling Location Replicates

Sampling Method Replicates

Field Equipment and Trip Blanks

Results and Discussion

Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring

Volatile Organic Compounds

Summary

References


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