Determination of variables in the prediction of strontium distribution coefficients for selected sediments
Environmental Geology
By: M.N. Pace, J.J. Rosentreter, and R. C. Bartholomay
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Abstract
Idaho State University and the US Geological Survey, in cooperation with the US Department of Energy, conducted a study to determine and evaluate strontium distribution coefficients (Kds) of subsurface materials at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The Kds were determined to aid in assessing the variability of strontium Kds and their effects on chemical transport of strontium-90 in the Snake River Plain aquifer system. Data from batch experiments done to determine strontium Kds of five sediment-infill samples and six standard reference material samples were analyzed by using multiple linear regression analysis and the stepwise variable-selection method in the statistical program, Statistical Product and Service Solutions, to derive an equation of variables that can be used to predict strontium Kds of sediment-infill samples. The sediment-infill samples were from basalt vesicles and fractures from a selected core at the INEEL; strontium Kds ranged from ???201 to 356 ml g-1. The standard material samples consisted of clay minerals and calcite. The statistical analyses of the batch-experiment results showed that the amount of strontium in the initial solution, the amount of manganese oxide in the sample material, and the amount of potassium in the initial solution are the most important variables in predicting strontium Kds of sediment-infill samples.
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Pace, M., Rosentreter, J., Bartholomay, R.C., 2001, Determination of variables in the prediction of strontium distribution coefficients for selected sediments: Environmental Geology, v. 40, no. 8, p. 993-1002, https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540100288.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Determination of variables in the prediction of strontium distribution coefficients for selected sediments |
| Series title | Environmental Geology |
| DOI | 10.1007/s002540100288 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Environmental Geology |
| First page | 993 |
| Last page | 1002 |