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Role of sediment-trace element chemistry in water-quality monitoring and the need for standard analytical methods

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Abstract

Multiple linear regression models calculated from readily obtainable chemical and physical parameters can explain a high percentage (70% or greater) of observed sediment trace-element variance for Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, Ni, Co, As, Sb, Se, and Hg. Almost all the factors used in the various models fall into the category of operational definitions (e.g., grain size, surface area, and geochemical substrates such as amorphous iron and manganese oxides). Thus, the concentrations and distributions used in the various models are operationally defined, and are subject to substantial change depending on the method used to determine them. Without standardized procedures, data from different sources are not comparable, and the utility and applicability of the various models would be questionable.
Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Role of sediment-trace element chemistry in water-quality monitoring and the need for standard analytical methods
ISBN 0803114079
Issue 1102
Year Published 1991
Language English
Publisher Publ by ASTM
Publisher location Philadelphia, PA, United States
Larger Work Title ASTM Special Technical Publication
First page 301
Last page 314
Conference Title Monitoring Water in the 1990's: Meeting New Challenges
Conference Location Denver, CO, USA
Conference Date 11 June 1990 through 14 June 1990
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